Atravessamentos pedagógico-visuais: a fotografia, a vela e o encontro com a umbanda

Abstract

This final course project aims to understand how the real and symbolic experiences of a student in the Visual Arts degree program at the Institute of Social Sciences, Education and Zootechnics (ICSEZ) at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) provoke an attentive awakening of perception regarding how pedagogies outside of school spaces contribute to understanding the sharing of knowledge. For this study, a qualitative method was used as a methodological basis. The research is supported by the trajectory, orality, and bibliographic references that, throughout the process, traversed social, family, and educational beliefs. The research proposal aims to go beyond the limits of understanding how a photographic image, possessing a message, can communicate with its recipients. The research will also be a report of experiences and encounters, provoking interest in other researchers to delve deeper into studies revolving around Afro-Brazilian religions and rites. It contributes, through these experiences – the candle, photography, and the encounter with the pedagogy of Umbanda.