THE HEAD THINKS WHERE THE FEET STEP” - THE CARIRIAN TERRITORY AS A POSSIBILITY OF “TEACHER” OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL.
Cariri, Teaching of Philosophy, Geophilosophy, Territory.
This dissertation aims to consider to what extent the territory of Cariri, Ceará, can be conceived as a possibility for teaching philosophy at the secondary level. In view of this, we started from the problems related to the challenges of establishing a teaching methodology that allows students to have multiple relationships with philosophical knowledge. For us to think of this methodology, we established two criteria: the first is that it be authentic to philosophy and the second is that it also finds justification in philosophy. To this end, this work used an empirical method based on experiences with teaching philosophy in Cariri, as well as on bibliographical reviews based on the thinking of French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, the work “Caminhar, uma filosofia” by Frédéric Gros, as well as the thinking on teaching philosophy by Brazilian philosopher Silvio Gallo. During the discussion, it was established that philosophy is the creation of concepts, therefore, what makes teaching philosophy authentic is teaching how to create concepts. These creations arise from certain problems that are forced upon us by means of “signs”. However, it is not possible to predict precisely which signs incite certain concepts. Therefore, it is up to the philosophy teacher not necessarily to create philosophers, but to enable his students to access these signs, thus establishing a “ensigno” of philosophy. Based on the work of Frédéric Gros, the territory was proposed as one of the elements that drive conceptual creation. Thus, this work considers the territory as a sign-element for the “ensigno” of philosophy. Cariri is a territory located in the south of the state of Ceará, based on its singularities, it can be thought of as a place that instigates concepts, therefore, a place with possibilities for ensignar philosophy. Based on the interventions carried out, the research concludes, therefore, that a geophilosophical methodology applied to the territory of Cariri is, therefore, an authentic and justified way of teaching philosophy at the Cariri secondary level