‘VISTA MINHA PELE’ E ‘BRANCO SAI, PRETO FICA’: POSSIBILIDADES E DESAFIOS DA UTILIZAÇÃO DE CENAS FÍLMICAS NA APRENDIZAGEM HISTÓRICA

Abstract

This paper aims at analysing the use of film scenes to teach the African-Brazilian and African History and Culture. In order to do so, it was anchored on the historical consciousness typology created by the German historian and philosopher Jörn Rüsen and on his concept of historical learning. The purpose is to elucidate if the use of films, as a contemporary cultural language of acknowledged pedagogical value, regarding the problematization of topics related to the teaching of African-Brazilian and African History and Culture could provoke changes in the historical consciousness of young students at high school and influence their historical learning process. Hence, from a participating research performed with two groups of students enrolled at high school integrated with a professionalising course, which were based upon qualitative techniques, such as participating observation, conflicts mediation, elaboration and consolidation of reflections through group debates and written narratives, semi-structured questionnaires and a qualitative analysis of the data, it was proposed to: a) proceed to the analysis of the narratives written by the researched subjects; b) investigate the level of competences of these students to attribute meanings and locate themselves intime. Amongst the reached results it could be pinpointed that the use of films scenes presents promising possibilities regarding making the historical thinking complex and consequently the development of the historical consciousness of these subjects.