Teatro na escola: uma chave para diálogos sobre estereótipos negativos com estudantes dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental

Abstract

This paper talks about theater in relation to the study of negative stereotypes in the school setting of the initial grades and their repercussions, stemming from reflective listening in the context where Escola Municipal Professor Berilo Wanderley is embedded, as well as artistic appreciation, critical analyses, and experiments on this subject. As a researching teacher, artist, and art appreciator, I have been instigated to reflect upon the stigmatized condition of the students of said school, located in the city of Natal, RN. The first analysis insights emerged when I watched the film Chave do Vale Encantado (2019), as I came across the possibility of "playing" with my students, through the fictional character of the theatrical language, telling stories where it would be possible to consider human plurality in its most diverse possibilities, therefore deconstructing the "single stories" idea, outlined by an eurocentric and colonial paintbrush, in order to reveal kids as active beings, situated in time and space, participating individuals, actors and authors in their relationship with themselves, with others, and with the world. The study has been embodied following some questions, the main one being about the methodological possibilities to be used to investigate stereotypes within the school context. As a response to that, I engage in a dialogue with the following authors: Paulo Freire (2020), Augusto Boal (1999), Bruno Bettelheim (2020), Erving Goffman (1980), bell hooks (2020), Chimamanda Adichie (2019), among others presented on this artistic/pedagogical journey, where the crossing of a film to theater results in a short scene of experimental and collaborative character.