Terreirizando a formação docente: giras formativas nas encruzilhadas da escola e do terreiro de Umbanda

Abstract

This pedagogical research enters a trance within an Umbanda terreiro (religious center) and descends into the school, circumscribing the possibility of affirming an ancestral perspective in teacher training, based on formative rituals as guiding principles for an Afro-referenced education (Machado; Petit, 2020). The locus of investigation is the Umbanda terreiro Casa de Xangô, located in the city of Crato, in the Cariri region of Ceará, as well as teachers from the Municipal Network of that city, actively working in classes of Elementary School — Final Years. The pedagogical approach is based on the Pedagogy of Crossroads (Rufino, 2019); The epistemic ebó (ritual offering) is grounded in the Enchanted Science of Macumbas (Simas; Rufino, 2018); and the philosophical-theoretical-methodological framework is based on Pretagogy (Petit, 2015). This is an ancestral and enchanted methodological crossover, which makes the research a feasible endeavor. This foundation is not limited to these references, but also relies on other ancestral ones, alongside the lived experience of Pai Francisco de Xangô, based on orality. The research uses, for the production and analysis of data, insights, observations, and formative sessions with the Pretagogs, aiming at the production of a framework that meets the requirements of Law 10.639/2003, which makes the study of African and Afro-Brazilian history and culture mandatory—in the case of this research, especially the study of religions of African origin