Pela janela de um trem suburbano: paisagens autobiográficas em educação ambiental e currículo

Abstract

This research, based on autobiographical narratives produced during some of my train journeys between Santa Cruz and Central do Brazil stations, seeks to establish a dialog between environmental education and the curriculum, suggesting that structural inequality is a limiting factor in these two fields. This work raises questions about the socio-environmental disparities between the regions of the city of Rio de Janeiro, highlighting the relationship between the railroads and the concept of the suburbia in Rio de Janeiro, and drawing a comparison between the suburb described in Lima Barreto’s works and its current representation. The theoretical basis for the autobiographical writing is the method of currere and autoethnography, and proposes a path between these two methodologies to support community environmental education and a curriculum that creates meaning.