A/r/tografia: narrativas educativas de docentes de artes na educação básica sergipana

Abstract

This work listens to the narratives and educational practices of art teachers working in Basic Education in the State of Sergipe, seeking to understand how their personal, professional, and artistic trajectories intertwine and manifest themselves in their pedagogical actions. The research adopts A/r/tography as its central methodology, recognizing in this approach the possibility of sensitively and reflectively articulating the dimensions of artist, researcher, and teacher present in the Being and in the teacher. Thus, the investigation embraces the trajectories of art teachers and their actions as agents of sociocultural transformation, highlighting the incorporation of artistic, pedagogical, and artivist elements in the educational practices developed in their daily school lives. The study is based on these narratives and memories, understanding them as spaces of resistance, formation, creation, and reinvention. Reflecting on Art as a powerful tool for memory, inclusion, and social transformation. By giving voice to these experiences, the research seeks to highlight lives and identities that are often silenced or made invisible in educational contexts. Recognizing the importance of the visible, of listening, and of valuing subjectivities, this qualitative methodological approach, supported by A/r/tography, allows for an understanding of the intersections between the Arts, teaching, and research, enabling a more sensitive look at teaching experiences. Through this perspective, artistic/pedagogical experiences, individual and collective memories, and the relationships established between Art and Being in their singularities are explored. The results show that Art, when experienced in a way that is close to real-life experiences, gains a much deeper meaning. It ceases to be merely a discipline and becomes a space for listening, exchange, and collective creation. In this movement, it challenges traditional teaching models and opens paths to more sensitive and participatory practices. The research reinforces that Art is not only a way of expressing feelings or ideas, but also a way of thinking and transforming the world around us, strengthening its role in human development and in building a more critical, inclusive, and vibrant education.