Abstract

BENASAYAG, Ariel. Cinephile practices in Argentinean middle school: watching, talking, and teaching the discourse of cinema. Prax. Saber [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.29, pp.125-140.  Epub Oct 16, 2021. ISSN 2216-0159.  https://doi.org/10.19053/22160159.v12.n29.2021.12002.

The article aims to contribute to the reflection on the links between school and cinema. The hypothesis is that the pedagogical incorporation of fiction cinema in contemporary Argentinean middle schools is related to teachers' practices as spectators. From this perspective, definitions and characterizations on cinephiles are reviewed and the concept of cinephilia is introduced, understood as a way of watching and presenting films, of reflecting and talking about them, and of transmitting the discourse of cinema. The case study is the methodological strategy. The testimonies were obtained from interviews with two teachers who are cinephiles. In this article, knowledge and pedagogical practices are described and analyzed, in which the relations between film culture and school culture seem to be displayed. Finally, taking into account the discussion on the potential of the artistic experience as an alterity of the school experience, the cases studied are considered as possible, albeit uncertain, encounters with cinema-and with cinephilia.

Keywords : school; teacher; cinema; spectator; cinephilia; pedagogical practice.

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