Artes indígenas contemporâneas: uma proposta de currículo em conexão com nossa ancestralidade

Abstract

This study proposes a reflection on Contemporary Indigenous Art and legislation related to art education and teaching. To this end, it presents several Indigenous artists and their respective works—contemporary productions that engage with ancestry, current themes, and their struggles and resistance as Indigenous peoples in the face of historical erasure perpetrated by colonizers. These themes are then confronted with decolonial thinking, demonstrating the ideological strength present in this artistic production and proposing that this content be incorporated into Brazilian school curricula, both elementary and high school. In this way, the aim was to contribute to changing the school paradigm of stereotypical representations of Indigenous culture that we sometimes see in school presentations and exhibitions on specific dates. Furthermore, it demonstrates that the discourse of these artists goes far beyond aesthetics and delves into fundamental issues related to the worldview characteristic of Indigenous peoples.