Symbolic Violence and School Practices: a study with indigenous children

The objective of this article is to present a reflection on the work of ethnographic research carried out in an indigenous community in the city of Manaus/Amazonas/Brazil, and in two public schools that serve a group of 12 children of the Satere-Mawe ethnic group, residing in the urban area of the city. The research was in the children's daily life and in the observation of the pedagogical practices of the teachers and the school curriculum its main elements of analysis. As a more comprehensive foundation, we sought to work with the concept of Symbolic Violence in Pierre Bourdieu, intertwining and relating it to the voices of teachers and children "generated" during the field research process, both in the indigenous community and in the school, which allowed us to take a more vigilant look at this childhood social group, and the educational practices aimed at it, in which Symbolic Violence is very present.