A Ilha das Flores de Jorge Furtado: uma proposta para educação ambiental crítica a partir das visões de natureza

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the short film Flower Island (1989)by Jorge Furtado, seeking to identify the film’s potential for the development of a practice of Environmental Education in dialogue with the History and Philosophy of Science (HPS). In order to achieve this goal, a qualitative film analysis was developed. Afteranalysis, we realized that the movie has potential for a Critical Environmental Education in dialogue with the HPS, since it presents not only the environmental issue, but also historical, philosophical, cultural and social elements. We understand that the way human beings act on the environment is related to their Vision of Nature, and the main vision in the short film is the mechanistic Cartesian conception, a consequence of capitalist advance. Despite the Cartesian conception being predominant, itis possible to discuss different views that have emerged throughout history, opposing the idea of a supposed inexorability of reality. Hence, for a critical analysis of the environmental issue, it is important to understand the social relations that permeate the discourses, and the HPS helps in this understanding, offering theoretical-methodological instruments.