Listening is how we understand each other 

Authors

  • Mónica Faria Escola de Arquitetura da Universidade do Minho (EAUM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33052/inter.v5i9.243603

Keywords:

Paulo Freire, Crioula Pedagogy, Listening

Abstract

“By listening we understand” is an essay that I wrote at the beginning of my PhD research in 2012, catalysed by the VIII meeting of the Paulo Freire International Forum. It all started in 2003 on a trip that connected Porto in Portugal to Salgueiro in (Pernambuco), Brazil. Looking back today, I realize that this essay was a turning point, an awareness of what we had shared so far and all the offerings I received from the quilombola community of Conceição das Crioulas during the trip to Salgueiro. In my luggage I carried with me, not only Paulo Freire's teachings and creole pedagogy, which I learnt within the community but also a fear of the responsibility I sought to assume. I wanted to live in the community of Salgueiro to be there present, to feel the rhythm of its everyday life, and to be able to assimilate the world around me by attempting to reinvent myself daily in this tiny particle that is global.

Author Biography

Mónica Faria, Escola de Arquitetura da Universidade do Minho (EAUM)

Escultora - Doutorado em Educação Artística pela Universidade do Porto. Professora Convidada da Escola de Arquitetura da Universidade do Minho (EAUM).

Published

2019-12-09