GEOGRAPHY IN THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT: DECOLONIZING STEREOTYPES REPRODUCED BY THE TEXTBOOK

Abstract

This article aims at: understanding the content on Latin America in the textbook; identifying the process of European colonial domination in the region; discussing Latin American sociocultural diversity and analyzing the main recurring themes of Latin America in the textbook. But, after all, how does the textbook address the contents of Latin America? To understand this question, it is enough to understand that Latin America is seen as a homogeneous region loaded with stereotypes and prejudices. In view of this, a qualitative research was carried out, through bibliographic review and analysis of the textbook. This research is extremely important to demystify all pejorative and negative imaginary of Latin America in the textbooks of Geography and aims to deconstruct the Eurocentric thinking reproduced in school material. It was found that the book analyzed does not present stereotypes or prejudices, it is not post Marxist/decolonial, but in compensation the positive aspects stand out in relation to the negative ones, indicating a good material for studies and for the construction of the teaching-learning process.