Map of Traditional Games in Rio Grande do Sul: an Interactive and Pedagogical Approach

Abstract

Different social groups and life styles that, in the historical process, developed, created and recreated diverse cultural manifestations, including the traditional games (JTs), compose Rio Grande do Sul (RS). As part of the heritage of people, the traditional games deserve to be themed, known, disseminated and stimulated by all the individuals. From these presupposition, this research aims to (1) to perform a survey of traditional games in Rio Grande do Sul and (2) to make an interactive and pedagogical map that make possible to visualize the traditional games through Information and Communication Technologies (TICs). From a bibliographic research in the indexing bases like Lilacs, Capes Periodicals and Google Search, we identified the existence of numerous traditional games developed in various regions of RS, as well as significant studies about the theme, which derived especially from research groups from public universities and events productions and records, in general from cultural centers. The achievement of the interactive and pedagogical digital map highlights the JTs recreational and cultural diversity. Furthermore, it enables users to visualize the places of RS where the games are experienced predominantly, the ways to practice them and the bibliographic sources that supported the information about each game. The digital map of traditional games of interactive and pedagogical feature is a digital tool for Physical Education and related areas, as a source for teaching and research, with free access. It also enables that teachers, students and users participate in the construction and qualification process, adding games and information.