Land and traditional knowledge: possible articulations in the indigenous school space

Authors

  • Antonio Jacó Brand Dom Bosco Catholic University image/svg+xml
  • Valéria Aparecida Mendonça de Oliveira Calderoni Dom Bosco Catholic University image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.7iEspecial.0006

Abstract

Interferences are analyzed with regard to the historical processes of deterritorialization and territorial confinement among Kaiowá and Guarani populations in southern Mato Grosso, Brazil, on the production and re-signification of their traditional knowledge and wisdom and on possible difficulties in the eventual transition to school spaces. Foregrounded on Oliveira Filho (1999), Bhabha (2003), Sousa Santos (2005), Descola (1988), Melià; Grünberg and Grünberg (2008) and others, a review of the literature was undertaken as techno-methodological procedure with special reference to interviews with indigenous teachers. Partial results highlight the relevance of what happens inside the territory, especially the changes in social organization for processes related to traditional indigenous wisdom. Internal events, acknowledged as relevant spaces in the process, have had their importance reduced. Nevertheless, the indigenous way of reframing and translating their knowledge persists and pervades even the struggle against the historically imposed confinement.

 

Keywords: Territory. Traditional wisdom. School space.

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Author Biographies

  • Antonio Jacó Brand, Dom Bosco Catholic University
    Pesquisador e coordenador do Programa Kaiowá/Guaraní/NEPPI - Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas das Populações Indígenas/UCDB, professor dos Programas de Mestrado e Doutorado em Educação, da Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, UCDB.
  • Valéria Aparecida Mendonça de Oliveira Calderoni, Dom Bosco Catholic University
    Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Católica Dom Bosco.

How to Cite

Land and traditional knowledge: possible articulations in the indigenous school space. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 7, p. 133–153, 2013. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.7iEspecial.0006. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/5060. Acesso em: 4 jun. 2026.