Intersectionality and the curriculum of Pernambuco for the final years of elementary education.
Curriculum. Discourse. Intersectionality. Race. Class.
Currently, we are experiencing, in Brazil, a discursive arena of curricular propositions. It is important to emphasize that dominant groups, historically and in a hegemonic manner, have been able to shape education in their own image and likeness. However, there are criticisms and resistances to curricular proposals in Brazil. In this context, the study investigates how the diversified curriculum for elementary education in the state school system of Pernambuco may, or may not, construct conceptions that integrate the intersections between race, gender, and education. The research is based on the assumptions of intersectional feminism and decolonial studies, which provide the theoretical foundation for problematizing hegemonic structures and proposing alternatives that embrace diversity. Methodologically, the study adopts a discourse analysis approach grounded in an intersectional Foucauldian perspective, aiming to examine the statements and discursive formations present in Pernambuco’s diversified curriculum. Through this approach, the research seeks to understand the discursive possibilities that emerge in this space, as well as the challenges and potentials for building an education rooted in social and epistemological justice.