Narrativas Infantis Terena: Representações da Infância em Comunidades Indígenas e seus Territórios

Abstract

This work aims to investigate how Terena indigenous children, of the villages Limão Verde and Mãe Terra, located in the municipalities of Aquidauana and Miranda (MS), construct and experience childhood in their sociocultural contexts. Based on the perspective of the Sociology of Childhood, which understands childhood as a social and historical construction and recognizes children as active subjects. The search seeks to understand how these experiences are influenced by cultural elements, environmental and community aspects specific to the Terena people. By listening to narratives children and the observation of everyday practices, the aim is to give visibility to childhood indigenous people, often silenced in academic and social discourses. The results expected values ​​indicate the appreciation of ancestral knowledge, relationships with nature and role of the collective in the formation of Terena children’s identities.