O impacto do projeto Palavra-Corpo na construção identitária de estudantes negros/as do curso de Letras da UFPB: relato de uma experiência extensionista

Abstract

This study observes, analyzes, and describes anti-racist practices in promoting access to Brazilian Black literature, as well as the impacts of undergraduate students' relationship with the Extension Project "Palavra-Corpo: Literature as a strategy to confront violence against women" (UFPB). Under the theoretical-methodological support of Gil (2002), this research is documentary-qualitative, aligned with intellectuals such as Paulo Freire (2013) for pursuing emancipatory education; Sandra Haydée Petit (2015) guiding us under the light of the African worldview; hooks (2020) advocating for transformative education through affection; Rufino (2021) supporting us in decolonizing knowledge. We address identity formation throughout the project activities in 2021, linked to the UFPB IN YOUR MUNICIPALITY program (PROEX), from the Federal University of Paraíba, with high school students from the Francisco Leocádio Ribeiro Coutinho State School, located in Santa Rita, Paraíba. We fulfill the implementation of Law 10.639/03. It presents documents produced by the project in 2021. In conclusion, it presents undergraduates appropriating a formation that enables transforming the school space and emancipating students. In this sense, it is crucial to highlight Laws 10.639/03 and 11.645/08 in teacher training, considering African and Indigenous worldviews in teaching-learning pedagogical practices for the construction of a decolonial society.