Territórios negros em Jaguarão

Abstract

This ebook composes didactic material that is part of the dialogues that form the conduction of the extension project Oficina Territórios Negros in Jaguarão. It is structured by a few entries, which at the end present three bibliographical indications for a deeper understand-ing of the topics covered. This activity, part of the organ-ization of the Study Group on Slavery and Post-Abolition, GESPA, which has been carrying out research work since its foundation in 2019, debating bibliography and executing It consists of dialogic and training activi-ties with educators from the municipal and state, activities with students in schools, and a guided tour of the historic center of the city of Jaguarão with a critical approach. We therefore seek to carry out a Histo-ry Teaching practice that aims to reflect on Brazilian so-ciety, on the challenges posed to combat racism, the rights of the black population, and the struggle for broad and unrestricted citizenship. It is important to emphasize that Jaguarão was and is a black city: its historical experience had an intense Afri-can presence and was linked to the Atlantic World like other Brazilian cities (FARIAS; GOMES; SOARES; MOREIRA, 2006). It stands out in the history of Platinum Region, as a space where there was intense black protagonism in workers' associations and in the fight against racism. Proposing and carrying out such an activity in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul constitutes an important educational act for questioning the hegemo-ny of a perspective of History in the State that placed it-self white and European. The presence of the black community in the southern region has been evidenced in several studies, and Jaguarão stands out, in addition to its dense relevance, for being linked to experiences with Uruguayan black families (CARATTI, 2013; SILVA, 2017). We look at the perspective of an approach from the Social History of slavery that seeks to understand the agencies, the resistances, strengthening narratives that envision the broad roles of the black population in the period. Still, we understand that it is important to focus on the Post-Abolition field, on the struggles of black people in search of citizenship, understood by Fernanda Oliveira da Silva as “[...] a field of studies that offers a repertoire of analyses, whose historical problem is cen-tered on the experiences of freedom, and especially citi-zenship, of enslaved people and their descendants after the abolition of slavery, identified and hierarchized in so-cial relations by terms that evoke an idea of race” (SIL-VA, 2017, p. 26). It is important to emphasize that we chose to carry out the route through the black territories of the city, with a focus on the historic center, an area of federal heritage, as we seek to "revisit" these spaces con-secrated by the stories linked to the memories of the elites, in which a good part of the site-oriented visits, aimed at groups of tourists or students, favored narratives centered on Portuguese and Spanish border references. Through the Workshop, in a collaborative way, we seek another perspective on local history. The activity consists of three stages: Dialogical and formative activity with teachers from municipal and state schools; Activity with the classes to be approached in municipal and state schools; Activity from the Black Territories Workshop in the historic center with classes from municipal and state schools. As project objectives, we highlight: - Carry out a practical approach to Teaching History with schools and educators to from the Black Territories Workshop in Jaguarão. - To make visible the stories of the protagonists and the black territories of Jaguarão. - Provide the engagement of the university community and the region in the anti-racist struggle. - Provide dialogue and educational training in History with the educators of the city and region. - Constitute itself as a training pedagogical activity for students of the História/Unipampa, providing the articulation of knowledge related to the tripod teaching, research and extension. - Reflect on Brazilian society today, on the challenges posed to combat racism, the rights of the black population, and the strug-gle for broad and unrestricted citizenship. In this perspective, we seek to contribute to the work of educators from the region, fostering reflections together with school stu-dents, instigating an inclusive, anti-racist education that encourages the important debate on reparations policies and affirmative actions in education.