The rap as a possible geography teaching tool

Authors

  • Rui Ribeiro de CAMPOS PUC-Campinas

Abstract

This article shortly reports the beginning of the Hip Hop, its arriving in Brazil and the characteristics it has gained here. The text uses some of Milton Santos’ concepts to identify the current social and economic era and defends the use of rap lyrics in Geography classes, especially in schools based in poor areas. It proposes discuss themes connected to the day-by-day of the neighborhood or city where the school is. In a lot of lyrics it’s possible to discuss themes as: territory, region, site, cities and citizenry, politics, economy, land and urban reform, violence, unequal societies, starvation, education, drugs and others.   Key words: Hip Hop. Rap. Geography teaching. Social and urban excluding. Milton Santos.

Author Biography

Rui Ribeiro de CAMPOS, PUC-Campinas

Mestre em Educação, Doutor em Geografia e professor de Epistemologia da Geografia e Geografia Política na Faculdade de Geografia da PUC-Campinas.

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Published

2009-09-21

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 2 (2008)

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