Analysing Photographs: an essay on the creation of narrative sources to understand school practices in Grupos Escolares Analisando Imagens: um ensaio sobre a criação de fontes narrativas para compreender os Grupos Escolares

This paper is an essay on how photos can be analysed and used to create narratives which may serve as resources for historical studies about school practices. As an exercise, we deal with six old photographs taken in Grupos Escolares, a Brazilian educational institution founded in the last decade of...

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Main Author: Antonio Vicente Marafioti Garnica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2010-06-01
Series:Bolema
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.rc.biblioteca.unesp.br/index.php/bolema/article/view/3733
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Summary:This paper is an essay on how photos can be analysed and used to create narratives which may serve as resources for historical studies about school practices. As an exercise, we deal with six old photographs taken in Grupos Escolares, a Brazilian educational institution founded in the last decade of the 19th Century and extinguished in the 1970’s. According to some authors, these schools represented the beginning of the public educational system in Brazil.&#13; &#13; Keywords: Photography. Analysis. Brazilian Ancient Educational Institutions (Grupos Escolares).<br>Este artigo é um ensaio sobre a potencialidade da análise de fotografias para constituir narrativas que sirvam como fontes para estudos sobre as práticas escolares. Como exercício, analisa seis antigas fotografias ligadas ao universo dos Grupos Escolares, instituições que, extintas na década de 1970, inauguram o ensino público brasileiro no final do século XIX.&#13; &#13; Palavras-chave: Fotografias. Análise. Grupos Escolares.
ISSN:0103-636X
1980-4415