Educação ambiental: contribuições do Manguebeat para a formação do sujeito ecológico

Abstract

The Manguebeat movement constitutes an important cultural expression of resistance, integrating elements of local identity, social critique, and the relationships between society and nature. This study examines a contribution of the Manguebeat movement through the manifesto 'Crabs with Brains' (1992), aiming to understand how its discourses engage with the formation of the ecological subject, from the perspective of critical environmental education. The interpretation was based on Foucault's Discourse Analysis, linked with Carvalho's concept of the ecological subject. The analyzed categories were society-nature relationship, critical environmental awareness, territorial belonging, socio-environmental ethics, and identity. The results show that the Manifesto's discourse reinterprets the mangrove as a territory of life, identity, and cultural resistance, denounces the impacts of the urban development model, and discursively constructs a subjectivity committed to territorial belonging, critical awareness, and socio-environmental responsibility. The findings indicate that, although it does not constitute a formal Environmental Education proposal, the Manifesto holds potential to stimulate critical reflections on the relationships between culture, society, and the environment, fostering a collective identity that closely aligns with the characteristics of the ecological subject proposed by Carvalho