INTERCULTURALITY IN THE PICTURE WORKS OF JAIDER ESBELL

Abstract

This research is part of the Master's dissertation presented in the Postgraduate Program in Letters at the Federal University of Roraima, its general objective was to analyze the possibility of including the works of the artist Jaider Esbell, an indigenous person of the Makuxi ethnic group, in art teaching based on from an intercultural perspective. We sought to indicate cultural elements present in his visual works, in contemporary times, that portrayed living symbols preserving the culture of his ancestors. These elements tell stories of their people and serve as a bridge to weave interculturalities when individuals from their own culture absorb and experience them in their identity formation, or when individuals from other cultures can compare or identify elements of their own culture. Throughout the article we present the works of Jaider Esbell, the focus of the research carried out, and highlight their importance for the art scene in the state of Roraima - Brazil. The work methodology was guided by a qualitative approach with a cartographic method in which the artist's works were analyzed seeking to indicate elements that enable the intercultural approach to/in art teaching. In addition to the authors mentioned, we took the artist Jaider Esbell himself as a theoretical reference, through his published texts.