Educação em direitos humanos e interculturalidade: o curso de licenciatura intercultural indígena Teko Arandu da UFGD

Abstract

This study is the result of a master's thesis in Sociology, aimed to understand in what extent the course of Indigenous Intercultural Bachelor Teko Arandu of the Federal University of Grande Dourados meets the requirements of an intercultural education proposal that contributes to the strengthening and to promote the human rights of indigenous peoples. Therefore, initially we seek to present the concept and the Education history of the Human Rights. Then, it discusses the concept and experiences of interculturalism and intercultural education, tracing a brief history of indigenous education in Brazil and Mato Grosso do Sul State. Then, we briefly describe the indigenous issue in Brazil and Mato Grosso do Sul, pointing out the main rules for the protection of indigenous rights, in particular, as regards the issue of land demarcation. Finally, it is introduced the results of field research on the Course Indigenous Intercultural Degree Teko Arandu in which we approach the issues of the Guarani and Kaiowá culture, based on the axes of PPC Teko Arandu: teko (culture), tekoha (territory) and ñe'ë (language), drawing on both the analysis of documents and interviews with teachers and students of the course.