Pedagogias da tradição – trajetórias do coco de roda alagoano

Abstract

This article discusses the formative assessment process involved in the practice of coco de roda, a traditional and popular type of dance of Alagoas, and raises the issue about the understanding of the relationships between its practice and cultural contexts such as the making processes of a house from “pau-a- pique”, the work developed by professor Pedro Teixeira de Vasconcelos and the juvenile groups of coco de roda, more specifically of the XiqueXique group, active in the Jacintinho neighbourhood. As an objective, it intends to contribute with studies about the coco dance from Alagoas, as well as with reflections on the teaching and learning processes of traditional and popular Brazilian dances. Tradition is presented as a key-category for the reflections developed, taking Gidens' propositions as the main reference. Used for bibliographical research and to discover comprehensive (KAUFMAN, 2013). In the empirical field of the study of the Xiquexique group, participant observation and an adapted application of the discussion group method were carried out based on Weller's references (2006, 2011). It is concluded that each time-space has its own cultural dynamic implications that can provide processes of transmission of tradition insofar as it remains connected with the experience of everyday life.