Education in cultural boundaries: Prevention of STD and AIDS among indigenous teachers of the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul State

Abstract

This article aims to present reflections I have done, since the late 1990s, in the field of Education and Preventive Health of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS with indigenous teachers of schools at Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul. It also aimed to carry out a brief educational, psychological and historical analysis of the Programs about Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS developed with teachers in this region. The landmark elected to such analysis will cover the period from 1997 to 2010, as the approval of the National Indigenous Healthcare have occurred during this period and the systematization of specific actions and programs already developed with these population. The study enables us to know the oral narratives of these ethnic groups, through their memories and perceptions of their body and sexuality, health and disease, prevention and treatment, disease and community, thereby contributing to the improvement of the educational and health public policies for these population, with the objective of expanding the Word Memory Archive Collection of Pantanalian People, based at the State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, in Campo Grande city. One of the purposes of this Collection is the organization of the oral sources that will allow researchers involved in regional and/or national research projects - who want to broaden the understanding of life, cultures and pantanalian’s memories (indigenous and non indigenous) and its sociocultural context - the carrying out of further investigations.

Key words: Mato Grosso do Sul State, Indigenous people, Education.