A cultura visual na educação na construção da identidade étnico-racial

Abstract

Visual Culture is becoming increasingly important from the twentieth century with the development of photography, cinema, television and Internet, therefore the possibilities of individuals perform as senders and receivers of information have been expanded. Although the study of the image and new media at school has gain relevance, it still happens very tentatively with regard to its potential as a teaching resource and as a means of expression. This study aims to present the journey of an educational research based on arts, whose main objective was to try to understand how the development of visual language can contribute to the construction of identities in a plural perspective, considering the theme of ethnic and racial origin of Brazilian population and the conflicted content linked to racial theories of biological nature. It was developed a workshop of visual arts with students from elementary and high school in a Farm School located in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, which aimed to reflect, through the study of visual culture on the role of interdisciplinarity (natural sciences and social sciences) in the construction of ethnic and racial identities in Brazil.