PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY BY FILM DIRCOURSE: THE VIDEO NAS ALDEIAS PROJECT IN CONTACT WITH NON-INDIGENOUS YOUTH – ALTERITY, TECHNOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the investigation of the pedagogical possibilities and the improvement of socio-emotional aspects arising from the use in the non-indigenous classroom of diverse, thought-provoking, and purposeful production of the Video in the Villages (VNA) project. Is the degradation of mental health and the well-known subjective and cultural isolationism of Generation Z youth (born between 1995 and 2010) and Alpha (born between 2011 and 2025) can be minimized in the face of exposure to audiovisual production of indigenous people? Is this sufficient for a perception of the world more integrated with offline reality? The conclusions of the study point to powerful and welcome approximations of the audiovisual culture of Brazilian original peoples. However, today's schools should seek means and conditions to use VNA films as an impulse not only for cinematography enjoyment itself but also mirroring the stimulation of behaviors and habits for greater physical connection of students and students to Nature.