Ceará Bantu: desenvolvimento de uma série de animação para fortalecimento da identidade negra cearense

Abstract

The present work presents the production stages for the development of the pilot episode of an animated series that aims to encourage a sense of belonging to the black identity in children, primarily from Ceará. To this end, the stories of important black personalities in the formation process of the state of Ceará will be told through animation. The methodology applied to guide the process was one of the branches of Design Thinking, the Double Diamond (UK DESIGN COUNCIL, 2005). Having as main guiding steps: discover, define, develop and deliver, but subdivided into categories that allow greater flexibility during the process. The result was an episode of the animated series Ceará Bantu, a story where the character Bia hears from her grandmother Dona Joana about the deeds of Dragão do Mar and Preta Simoa in the strike of the rafters in 1881, which culminated in the early abolition of slavery in Ceará. Beyond its didactic value, the animation represents a potential for children's appreciation and identification with the characters, curiosity to know more stories, and self appreciation through the possibilities that those characters can represent for the development of a positive view about black skin, its contrasts, and its history of heroism.