Indigenous knowledge about the skies: cultural astronomy in Brazilian educational documents

• Autor(a) principal: Bueno, Márdila Alves
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Elrismar Auxiliadora Gomes, Rodrigues, Marta de Souza, Nogueira, Eulina Maria Leite
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Tear: Revista de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/4518

Abstract: This research aimed to analyze the space occupied by knowledge about indigenous skies in national and state educational documents. The methodology has a qualitative approach. The National Curriculum Parameters, Common National Curricular Base, Curricular Proposals for the State of Amazonas, and National Curriculum Reference for Indigenous Schools were selected for the content analysis. The results show that only the National Curriculum Reference for Indigenous Schools, a specific document for these cultures, presents explicitly elements regarding the knowledge of indigenous skies. The specific approach to indigenous knowledge about the skies in the other documents is small. When it comes to the Curricular Proposals of the State of Amazonas, the lack of these issues is worrying. In the state with the largest number of self-declared indigenous people in the country, addressing issues related to knowledge about indigenous skies would underscore the importance of valuing the knowledge produced by these peoples. The lack of this approach can contribute to naturalize a curriculum that predominantly presents the dominant culture. The little representation of indigenous culture in the curriculum, consequently, promotes the maintenance of textbooks from this same perspective. Keywords: Curriculum. Indigenous culture. Cultural diversity.