Abstract

FERREIRA, Maria Beatriz Rocha; VINHA, Marina  and  ROSSATO, Veronice Lovato. Formation of Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous teachers in Mato Grosso do Sul: the empowerment that circulates between two worlds. Rev. Educ. e Cult. Contemp. [online]. 2018, vol.15, n.41, pp.149-169.  Epub Oct 15, 2018. ISSN 2238-1279.  https://doi.org/10.5935/2238-1279.20180073.

Anthropological studies indicate that Guarani and Kaiowá power forces are concentrated on two pillars - extraterrestrial force and earthly force. These forces intertwine in people's daily lives, to a greater or lesser extent. The text seeks to problematize the following questioning: "Does the formation of Guarani and Kaiowá teachers reflect the power relations inserted in the historical figurations of this group"? To do this, we aim to understand the networks of interdependence that appear in the training courses of indigenous teachers of the Guaraní and Kaiowá ethnic groups, at the Department of Education of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul and at the Indigenous Intercultural Faculty of the Federal University of Grande Dourados. This training, at the middle and higher levels, was an achievement of indigenous peoples, inserted in a broader and more complex historical process. The method is bibliographical, with the testimony of an indigianist who has worked with the Guarani and Kaiowá for more than 30 years and participates in the writing of this text. The relevance of the study is to record the process of carrying out specific training of indigenous peoples in a country that took 488 years to insert the indigenous population into its Constitution. Brazil is a country that has 240 languages spoken in its national territory, although it emphasizes only the language of the colonizer in the school studies of Basic Education. In the final considerations we point out the formation of the network of interdependence that strengthens the empowerment of the Guaraní and Kaiowá natives of Mato Grosso do Sul in the training of teachers.

Keywords : Training of indigenous teachers; Guarani and Kaiowa; Figuration and power.

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