Pontes entre colonialidade e a autoafirmação: construindo reflexões para o ensino de ciências e biologia

Abstract

This article reports the experience lived by undergraduate students in Biological Sciences at the State University of Feira de Santana during a field trip to the cities of Cachoeira and São Félix, in Bahia, promoted by the curricular component Ethnic-Racial Relations at School. Through sensitive observation, students recorded the reality of these cities in the form of photographs and speeches. During the trip, it was possible to verify the predominanceof a black population, whose daily lives are closely linked to a diversity of religions that, although they are perceived as antagonistic in the popular imagination, coexist harmoniously in the local reality. In addition, there was a strong link with historical figures related, or not, to the independence of Bahia and Brazil, as well as the legacy of the colonial period. From these observations, reflections were woven about the observations made, presenting relevant data on the history, structure, religion, culture, among other aspects of the cities. The work contributed to broadening the understanding and establishing relationships between the lived experience and the decolonial training of future Science and Biology teachers, with the aim of promoting a decolonized teaching of the Natural Sciences.