The Ritxokó in extension, research and teaching contexts: the art of making, playing and representing the feminine universe

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https://doi.org/10.5212/Rev.Conexao.v.21.25004.025

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This article presents an excerpt from the extension project “Cultural diversity of indigenous peoples in Brazilian society”, linked to the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR). We focus on research into the art of making Ritxokó dolls from the Karajá culture. This investigation led us to a bibliographical research, which was relevant to the experimental practice with students in the 6th grade of elementary school. The study revealed possibilities for combining extension, research and teaching, using indigenous art as an inducer of the methodological proposal. We drew on research that recognizes the Ritxokó dolls as a national artistic and historical heritage, as well as testimonies and practical workshops. We found that indigenous issues should be widely debated in learning contexts, and Karajá culture, through the making of dolls, can reveal expressive knowledge of indigenous female representation.

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Elisangela Christiane de Pinheiro Leite Munaretto, Rede Municipal de Ensino de Curitiba

Professora do Ensino Fundamental da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Curitiba, PR, Brasil. Doutorado em Tecnologia e Sociedade. 

Maclovia Corrêa da Silva, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)


A full professor at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), she works in the area of Languages, teaching languages, with an emphasis on Modern Foreign Languages, French, and in the Postgraduate Program in Technology and Society at UTFPR with the subjects of History of Technique and Technology, Technology and Society, and Educational, Cultural and Environmental Practices for the Constitution of Knowledge.

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2025-09-16

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2025): Publicação Continua

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ARTIGOS

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