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Whenever I listen to the beautiful song "Planet Water" by Guilherme Arantes, I always feel in my mind the cycle of water in nature flowing to the sound of the music.
I then imagined using a technique called Causal Diagrams to show this journey of water from a systemic perspective, that is, from the perspective of the whole.
I believe this can encourage children and young people to interpret the song in their own way, and from there, modify the diagram alongside it and expand this vision of Planet Water by incorporating elements not present in the song. For example, where do the waters of a FLOOD go, and what causes them?
The beautiful song is the starting point for building a systemic view of the Planet Water we live on. It is a creative and playful way to build a worldview and learn from it.
The goal is not only to stay within the model of the song, but it also is, because to draw the diagram, I started from the elements I found most relevant in it. Notice that I chose nouns (with or without adjectives or adjectival phrases) as the main elements (variables), and the names of the links (arrows) are, almost entirely, actions (verbs) that connect the elements.
In other words, each person creates their own mental model of the song, which is obviously not unique. With this, one can learn to interpret texts, identify word classes, understand the water cycle, expand the model beyond the song, and perhaps even create a derived song. Playfully...
I hope it is useful. If you liked it, share this systemic view of "Planet Water" by Guilherme Arantes, whom I thank for leaving us this beautiful song and for allowing me to showcase this work, as without his creation, I could not have accomplished it.
My main goals with this work are to create a proof of concept for what I would call a systemic view of a song, and also to encourage the creation of playful systemic learning environments for elementary and high schools, and perhaps make Brazil an international reference in this area.
Prof. Paulo Villela
This is an initial version in English. We intend to incorporate images, audio, and videos in future versions.
