Abstract

ABREU, Carla Luzia de  and  SANTOS JUNIOR, Jocy Meneses dos. Visual Culture, Gender Violence and Masculinities: Intersections and Pedagogical Possibilities. Vista [online]. 2022, n.10, e022012.  Epub May 01, 2023. ISSN 2184-1284.  https://doi.org/10.21814/vista.4105.

This article explores the relations between visual culture, gender, and violence, focusing on visualities and their pedagogical roles. Considering the protagonism exercised by men in the practice of gendered violence, we present theoretical insights on the ways in which the social construct of the visual is implied in the problem, based on the approach of visual culture studies and gender studies. Corroborating with these reflections, we describe a pedagogical proposition developed with two groups of visual arts graduation students in the second semester of 2021, in which participants were invited to think about the construction of learning of gender and the violent practices that permeate this process, having as conductor of the discussion the elaboration of visual constellations. This methodological strategy was inspired by the studies of Aby Warburg (2000/2010) and Georges Didi-Huberman (2002/2013, 2011/2018) and sought to explore the inherent potential of the act to confront images. This pedagogical activity was expected to promote shifts of the gaze and repositionings regarding the naturalization of the order of gender and the violent practices it upholds. During the construction of the visual panels and the discussions that moved the meetings, we realized that men have some difficulty comprehending or expressing their role in the problem, while women reported having closer experiences with violent situations. However, even though men did not expressively explore male conduct and complicity, they took advantage of the space to report how male socialization is marked by acts of violence practiced for the sake of gender. We conclude that the role played by visualities in the reproduction or subversion of norms and patterns can contribute to defying networks of meaning that are socially settled towards gender.

Keywords : visual culture; gender violence; education; masculinities; visualities.

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