Tranças afro: identidade feminina negra e cultura visual no ensino fundamental

Abstract

The braids are part of Afro-Brazilian visual culture, therefore, against this announced outline, the present research aims showing how People understand about the Afro-Brazilian history and culture as an esthetic element associated with the black women’s identity. This way, our research problem question is how to work the braid as element of black women’s identity and visual culture in the school's environment, associated with beauty, where it will contribute to the formation of black and non-black children. The methodology used was bibliographic and documental research. We analyzed books and articles that we had contacted during our training as braiders and as pedagogue. When we were analyzing this material, we sought to conduct a study on the origins of braiding, its types, the professional aspects of those who works with afro hairdos, its relationship with Brazilian culture, and its presence in schools.So, during the analysis, we reflected on black esthetics, visual culture, racism and prejudice in an pedagogical interface with the practices that present the braids as an element of Afro-Brazilian identity. Among the main authors in this discussion are Clemente (2010), Gomes (2003) (2020), and Santos (2019). We could concluded along this research path that working the braids as an element of visual culture has a content that significantly impacts the students’ education, especially in black girls, enforcing the law 10.639/2003 that establishes the guarantee of teaching Afro-Brazilian history and cultures within the official curriculum of the education network.