Dances of Wanderings and Walking Experiences

Abstract

From experiences out of the multiplicity of actions/reflections in a wandering walk, we present research valuing pluriepistemologies and practices nourished by challenges and wanderings. These contact points brought us together in a project developed in two graduate courses, a colloquium, oral presentations at scientific events and workshops in Brazil and abroad. Our discussion focuses on lived experiences from the graduate course “Art, Education, Somatic” offered in a hybrid way (virtual and face-to-face), which involved two other professors from the graduate programs of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and the Federal Institute of Góias. We also present and discuss the Colloquium “Body Design Experiences” planned with the perspective of the possible in person return after the health crisis peak due to COVID-19. We intertwine our experiences with ideas of the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, and with thoughts on “wandering”, “caring listening”, “somatic social theory”, “inventive learning”, “meaningful interactions”, among others.