Dialogues Between Scientific and Digital Culture

Pedagogical Practices Using Maps on Biomes, Food Heritage, and Sociobiodiversity

Abstract

The article aims to reflect on the relationship between the hegemonic food system and the threats to Food and Nutritional Sovereignty and Security (FNSS) and agroecology within teaching practices carried out in partnership with the campaign and extension project “Food is Heritage.” Through workshops held during the National Science and Technology Week (SNCT) at UFRJ and at a municipal school in Rio de Janeiro, an analog map and a digital map of the Brazilian biomes were used as tools to promote dialogue between scientific culture, digital culture, and food culture, valuing biodiversity and traditional food knowledge. The workshops are an offshoot of the research project “Literacies and socio-scientific activism in school,” which is based on Participatory Research and Affective Cartography as an investigative and inventive methodology. The activities included sensory experiences with agroecological rice varieties and interactions with the maps, encouraging student engagement. The results indicate that the activity fosters interdisciplinarity and critical thinking, and that the use of maps proves to be a powerful pedagogical tool by linking territory to socio-environmental issues.