Pachamama Allied to Human Rights Education: Applicability of The Indigenous Worldview As An Eco-Legal Proposal For Interpretation and Way of Living

Abstract

Objective: To propose an approach to teaching human rights and environmental education together, based on knowledge about Pachamama. Theoretical Framework: Legal documents that support human rights education and the concept of Pachamama. To this end, the authors Capra and Mattei (2018), Zaffaroni (2017), Benevides (2022) and Moraes (2018) were used, with the same aim of interconnecting the rights of nature with human rights. Method: To carry out this article, we started from bibliographical and documentary research, through studies of legislation and literature on the subject, using the hypothetical-deductive method. Results and Discussion: The research envisaged the proposal of a practice of Human Rights Education combined with practices of Environmental Education in order to promote the awareness and emancipation of the subject in harmony with nature, interpreting it as Pachamama. Research Implications: To direct a proposal through a State Bill to add a specific curricular component to work with Human Rights and the promotion of their culture combined with Environmental Education practices and knowledge about Pachamama in the early years of Elementary School, 8th and 9th grades. Originality/Value: This study contributes to innovation in the teaching of human rights in schools linked to a systemic view of nature, which considers human beings and values ​​their interconnection with the environment. The relevance and value of this research are evidenced by the way in which the law is applied from an eco-legal perspective.