The language of music as a possibility of social criticism: results of a research-action in the context of public schools

This article presents the results of a collaborative research-action carried out at a public school in the city of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul(RS). The activities carried out aimed to promote the improvement of teaching in the public school, so that the methodology of the research-action was configured as an alternative proposal to carry out a work with the engagement of all involved. The option for this methodology is justified by the fact that it contributes to solve problems in specific contexts, especially in the educational context. The study was carried out through activities aimed at the permanent reflection between the characters of Chico Buarque de Hollanda lyrics and the social, cultural and educational daily public school subjects, with the appropriate interventions proposed through the organization of previously planned studies by the group. The results revealed indicative of a transformative education, fomenting interdisciplinary pedagogical proposals necessary to the school context of the basic education, mainly, of public schools. The reflections from the musical work of Chico Buarque de Hollanda corroborated the importance of artistic-cultural works to rethink the sociocultural practices of the subjects in society, in a critical perspective and resistance to the most diverse forms of oppression and repression.