Uberlândia e sua herança indígena e negra: memória e voz dos silenciados pelo esquecimento público

Abstract

This dissertation proposes a new perspective on the official history of the city of Uberlândia, valuing and highlighting the subjects historically marginalized by it: indigenous people and the Afro-descendant population. The writing is based on research about the original peoples of the region known as Sertão da Farinha Podre, the Kaiapó ethnic group of the south, and the contributions of Afro-descendants to the formation of the working class of Uberlândia, as well as their cultural contributions. It is a study of local history, problematizing the perspective created by local elites on the formation of the city, which is based on records and chronicles of memoirists. The objective is to improve the teaching practices of history for 6th-grade students by researching the indigenous and Black contributions to the construction of Uberlândia, and to reduce existing gaps in the 6th-grade educational curriculum in order to deconstruct possible public omissions planned by conservative groups in the city. Alongside the research, the aim is to propose, as a final product, a didactic sequence that uses playful didactic activities related to the theme, such as the study of images, postcards, and photographs depicting the past and present, original artistic productions (drawings), and representations of children's imagination about the history of the city of Uberlândia and its tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The result of this dissertation and final product will be a didactic sequence that helps teachers work with their students on the history of the city from this new perspective.