Decolonial Communication

Meeting of Knowledge for the Conquest of Rights

Abstract

In this article, we propose some reflections that revolve around a communicational thought that is guided by the plot of decolonial practices and epistemologies. These practices and epistemologies are expressed not only in the theoretical approaches that consolidate this field, but also in the processes and dynamics of knowledge production based on critical interculturality in formal and informal teaching spaces. We observe the pedagogical experiences of training teachers from the Licentiate in Rural Education course (LEdoC), at the Federal University of Northern Tocantins (UFNT), having as theoretical tools discussions within the fields of Communication, decoloniality, Visual Culture and Art/Education. We seek to highlight, in the production of knowledge from the pedagogical experiences of LEdoC/UFNT students, the meeting of knowledge that can be generated from critical intercultural relationships. How can Communication, Visual Culture and Art/Education act in favor of conquering the rights of traditional peoples and communities? Likewise, how can traditional peoples and communities collaborate to build new epistemologies in Communication, Visual Culture and Art/Education? From a methodological point of view, the article is characterized as a theoretical-conceptual study that investigates concepts that are found in the fields involved, in dialogue with the practice of Pedagogy of Alternation, in the training of students at LEdoC/UFNT and their relationships with knowledge their communities and cultural pedagogies. We found that the pedagogical experiences analyzed recognize, value and expand the dynamics and knowledge production flows of the communities involved.