A arte como instrumento potencializador de educação ambiental no mercado público de Casa Amarela, Recife - PE

Abstract

This master´s work aimed at analysing the potentialization in Art Education in the development of educational activities in the Public Market in Casa Amarela, in the city of Recife, Northeast Region of Brazil. Its theoretical foundations are based on Environmental Education on Armorial Art and especially on the issues related to solid waste. As a methodological approach, it was used the “Triangular Approach” based on the 5R’s, making use of the “Interactive Window” as educational tool. This work was considered a study case which involves interdisciplinary workshops in order to work aspects of environmental education, 5R’s program; Armorial Art and a semi-structured questionnaire for the market actors’ social environmental diagnostics. In the workshops the subjects were conducted to create isographic impressions, which is a handmade tecnique in cordel leaflet covers according to the 5R’s policy aiming alternative proposals to consolidate the environmental knowledge already worked through oral exposure and thematic banners on the Armorial aesthetic and 5 R’s. During the interviews the subjects were asked about their participation in the workshops and specific knowledge about the current themes. These subjects found that Armorial aesthetic images are rooted in northeastern culture in Brazil by those symbols represented in Cordel leaflets’ covers. The use of Environmental and Art Education Approach to promote Environmental Education contributed to call the attention of the managers, employees, licensees, trainees at the Public Market. It also reinforces the powerful tool that Environmental Education means to public markets.