LEAFLETS TO READ THE WORLD: CORDEL AS MEDIATORS OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES WITH ART

ABSTRACT

This article develops a reflection on the literacy practices, textual and visual, fostered by cordel in the mid-twentieth century. For this purpose, the teaching/learning dynamics of the booklet reading wheels are compared to the “circles of culture” of Paulo Freire’s pedagogical proposal. Considering popular prints as propellants of the “right to literature and woodcuts”, it highlights the experience of Lira Nordestina in the mediation of educational processes with arts and in maintaining access to aesthetic fruition and production.

Keywords
Cordel literature; Woodcut; Literacy; Artistic education; Right to culture