Religiosidade e contexto escolar o “não lugar” das religiões de matriz afro-brasileira

Abstract

Starting from the premise that religiosity is one of the factors that comprise the school context and that this context influences significantly the own school culture and community, as well as the learning processes, this research project proposes locate the practices and experiences of religious matrix afro-brazilian in the school environment, among students of the 1st to 5th grade in four public schools, three being in two large suburbs and one in the center of the Leopoldina, municipality of 53 thousand inhabitants, in the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais. The option to investigate the incidence of religious practices afro-brazilian in this age-group is justified by the low visibility on the theme, seen in a previous survey in one of these schools, as well as the apparent understanding about the aspects of Afro-Brazilian culture, present in such practices, symbols and myths. It seeks yet, reflect on the applicability of Law 10.639/2003, regarding the issue of the manifestations of Afro-Brazilian culture through the religiosity, taking into account the processes of construction of our identities, either by history or by ethnic aspects. As methodology, participant observation in school environment, documentary analysis, application of questionnaires to families - by sampling at each of the schools -, and data collection with the students through direct response of these from "wheels of conversations", with the expectation of reaching 1,000 students. This research seeks new ways to deepen the issues raised here, in the reflection and identification of sociocultural factors which characterize the social groups at the same time that are typified by these.