TERRITÓRIOS QUE SE CRUZAM EM CENA: CRUZO ENTRE JOGOS, PEDAGOGIAS ANTIRRACISTAS E JOVENS DA PERIFERIA DE SALVADOR, BAHIA

Abstract

This research investigates the possibility of teaching theater as an effective tool in the fight against racism and in promoting the self-esteem of black students, the development of critical thinking, and the empowerment of young people living in the urban peripheries of Salvador, Bahia, most of whom are Black. The experience was developed in the format of a theater workshop, proposed by the curricular component, Supervised Internship III, of the Theater Degree course, UFBA, with high school students from the Nelson Mandela State College, located in the Railway Suburb of the capital of Bahia. The hypothesis is that through the exchange of knowledge, as a possible path to learning among young people, theatrical exercises, games, and improvisations, associated with methodologies that make use of anti racist pedagogies and the support of Law 10.639/2003, bring to the center stage the ancestral knowledge and cultures that have been silenced for so many years, thereby enabling the protagonism of this population. The study is supported by several authors such as Abdias do Nascimento (2016), Augusto Boal (1982), bell hooks (2020), Luiz Rufino (2019), Viola Spolin (2017), among others. The workshop was initially organized in three stages: 1. Planning and contextualization (prior to the workshop); 2. Conducting the workshop (practical implementation); and 3. post-workshop evaluation and impact. Throughout all stages, I acted as a mediator in the process, through the collaborative creation of the theatrical play "Territories on Stage" (2025), consisting of a single act divided into four scenes. This is a case study applied in the field of anti-racist theatrical pedagogy, based on exercises in theatrical teaching practice, anti-racist teaching, and the collaborative creation process. Its research methodology is based on a descriptive and qualitative approach through the analysis of workshop planning, activity evaluation, observations of proposals and practical exercises, reflections with participants, the stage presentation, the collection of photos and videos, and data collection in the form of a digital questionnaire with objective and subjective questions.