Da fumaça à combustão: as imagens dos movimentos em defesa da educação no Brasil (2016)

Abstract

This research investigates the formative potentialities that emerge from the images of the Movements in Defense of Education in Brazil (2016), particularly in response to Provisional Measure No. 746 (High School Reform) and Constitutional Amendment Proposal No. 246/55 (New Fiscal Regime). These movements are interwoven with the concept of Uprisings (Butler, 2017). For the investigation, the methodologies of Cartography and Social Semiotics are employed to guide the research process and analyze the images, respectively, organizing them into a reflective inventory. The study proposes the concept of the combustive image to refer to images that act as formative instances, capable of displacing, straining, and transforming subjects through their symbolic, political, and affective dimensions. The findings indicate that such images transcend mere visual representation, functioning as devices that shape subjectivities and knowledge within the context of visual culture and education.