Youths, aesthetization of school and artealization of quotidian: look and images in research on Education

Abstract

The use of images in research on Education has been more frequent recently, creating a field of debates and an increasing academic production. The article deals with this field of investigation presenting a discussion about youths and aesthetization of school, developed by pictures taken by the author while he taught at municipal public schools in Rio de Janeiro. The use of images provides analysis of juvenile aesthetic accomplishments in schools, important source for conceiving popular education today in Brazil, and the perspective assumed by the author while writing the article.

Keywords

• Youths
• images
• aesthetization of school