Entrelaçando diário de viagem com narrativas pomeranas: uma abordagem de ensino de Artes Visuais a partir do contexto dos alunos

Abstract

This writing, entitled Interweaving travel diary with Pomeranian narratives: A teaching approach of Visual Arts from the context of students, presents my master's research with the Postgraduate Program in Visual Arts at the Federal University of Pelotas – UFPel. The investigation arose from the restlessness caused by a research developed in the Visual Arts graduation course, throughout 2018, which dealt with a travel proposal and the use of everyday objects as a way of Art teaching. Based on an identified lack of travel diaries, one of the items created by the students, I looked for an alternative for their development. We sought to intensify the use/creation of these diaries in the art teaching. I found as a hypothesis that dealing with issues of the cultural context of the Arroio do Padre/RS community enhances the writing and diaries production. Therefore, the aim was also to identify what can arise from this production for the cultural resignification of the school community where the school is inserted. The community is composed, in its great majority, of Pomeranian descendants, as well as the researcher of this work. In doing so, we aimed to introduce issues related to this context in classroom. We sought to contribute to issues related to the teaching of arts from new approaches and the insertion of new pedagogical resources, and, also, to collaborate with the students' perception regarding cultural, artistic and historical aspects, as well as providing opportunities for the resignification of the meaning of being a country school. Thus, this study includes discussions focused on the field of Art education, approaching issues related to the use of travel diaries as a pedagogical strategy. In doing so, creating an approach that considers the context of the students and the production of a material that values and rescues the culture of students. The study also presents a little of the history of immigration involving the Pomeranian displacements through the region, conversations with family members, and a production by the researcher emphasizing characteristics of the Pomeranian culture. The research is qualitative, intersecting with the (auto) biographical method. The study was based on bibliographical research, notes in the researcher's diary, conversations with family members, displacements through the region and an action in a high school. From the last one, the comments, attitudes, writings, and creations of students and an online exhibition that was the result of student production were analyzed. The activities at the school were performed remotely, due to the pandemic context during the year 2020. This research was done with the support of the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brazil (CAPES).