SEM TERRINHAIN MOVEMENT:

AUDIOVISUAL AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF CHILDHOOD IN THE MST

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the role of audiovisual media in the LandlessRural Workers Movement (MST), as a tool in the development of its work from the perspective of and within the Landless children. To this end, it investigates participation in the production of materials and processes from the perspective of understanding the Landless child as a subject in the concrete and symbolic struggle of a rural social movement. It also aims to highlight how these initiatives contribute to a better understanding of audiovisual media in childhood and the expectations for the continuityand strengthening of work for and with Sem Terrinha children. Methodologically, it relies on the bibliographic and documentary survey and analysis of materials produced by the MST, mainly through intersectoral collaboration between the Communication, Culture, and Education sectors, but also others, in their various formats. It evaluates the possible impacts of these audiovisual productions on the children’s development, as well as the visibility of the agendas presented by the MST in its history of struggle, offering an interpretation of resistance, culture and childhood within the Landless Workers’s Movement.