One of the cultural excursion to the Museum of Sexual Diversity, in São Paulo, promoted on June 28 by the Faculty of Education of Unicamp (FE-Unicamp) in partnership with the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of FE-Unicamp, brought together the unit's community, including students and staff. The activity was part of the proposal of Institutional Communication project of FE-Unicamp, which monthly addresses topics related to the Faculty's values, reaffirming its commitment to public, plural, democratic and politically positioned education.
This month, the featured topic was sexual and gender diversity, reflecting the value of inclusion and respect for differences as a fundamental dimension of educational practice and teacher training.
The tour began with a guided tour of the Museum of Sexual Diversity, led by Dr. Amara Moira, writer, PhD in Literary Theory and coordinator of Education, Exhibitions and Cultural Programming at the Museum. Dr. Amara is also recognized for having been the first trans woman to obtain a doctorate from Unicamp using her social name, and shared with participants not only the curatorial details of the exhibition, but also sensitive reflections on the historical and political challenges faced by the LGBTQIAPN+ population in Brazil.
Throughout the day, the program also included “Garbage Mouth/Luxury Mouth tour”, a mediated walk that crosses the historical and symbolic layers of the central region of São Paulo, connecting the spaces of marginalization and cultural resistance of dissident bodies.
The activity ended with a big celebration at LGBT Soiree at the Museum of the Portuguese Language, featuring artists such as Auritha Tabajara, the first indigenous woman to publish cordel in Brazil, winner of the 2024 Jabuti Prize, the artist PH and the poet and fanzine maker Formigão, strengthening the dialogue between education, art, memory and diversity. The activity promoted moments of listening, affective exchanges and artistic expressions that reaffirmed the importance of representation and culture as instruments of social transformation.
The excursion was an initiative coordinated by the FE-Unicamp communication project, which has been promoting a series of actions that address values such as solidarity, democracy, racial equity, social justice, diversity and inclusion, always with the aim of engage the FE-Unicamp community in collective reflections that go beyond the university walls.
“Our intention with the project is to give visibility to the values that guide our institutional practice. The excursion was a formative and political experience, which strengthens the links between university, culture and society”, highlighted the director of the Unit, Débora Jeffrey.
