O papel do ambiente escolar na cultura alimentar Kaingang: o caso da terra indígena Rio das Cobras - PR

Abstract

The presente research aims to verify if and how the dynamics of valorization and revitalization of the indigenous food culture occur in the schools of the Indigenous Land Rio das Cobras in Nova Laranjeiras (PR). To that en, a qualitative reserach was carried out, involving five Kaingang schools, where the data were obtained a semi-structured interview with community elders, teachers, cooks, directors and parents. Five schools thus recovering historical memories of food culture, school implementation and school feeding. Observation, bibliographical research documentary and verification of the school menu were also carried out. This research is dividide into six chapters. The first chapter tries to introduce and justify the importance of this theme. The second chapter refers to the theoretical contextualization on the subject, addressing the relationship between the indigenous and anture, scholl education and food culture, ending with a brief characterization of the indigenous people of Paraná. The third chapter presentes the methodology adopted and the fourth and fifth chapters present the results of the researh. The sixth chapter concludes the word with the final considerations. The research points out that this indigenous reservation, over the years, has suffered frequent non-indigenous influences through the school that reflect in its culture, especially in the food culture, tending to undergo a syncretism and miscegenation to become increasingly More dominated by non-indigenous customs and habits. Within this context, the reflextions in the school community about the valorization and revitalization of the food culture are recent.