Abstract

VAZQUEZ-CANGAS, Verónica. Of Images, Meaning, and Peace. A Hope Called ColombiaDe imagens, sentido e paz. Uma esperança chamada Colômbia. Pensam. palabra obra [online]. 2017, n.17, pp.6-17. ISSN 2011-804X.

Colombia is living a historical moment, which shows the relevance of deliberating on the possible courses of an education which, through its relationship with art, as seen from the perspective of the human impossibility to not create images, builds a different future for new generations. Taking Freud's and Maria Montessori's thoughts as privileged references in order to examine the meaning of violence and its consequences, at both collective and individual levels, considering them one by one in their singularity, this article proposes lines of analysis and educational practice, whose origin lies in the specific reality of children and young students, who are affected by violence and its sequels; in the need of the citizens to mourn their losses, and in Colombia's opening to the world, in order to give place to art in the search for the re-signification and creation of meaning. Such an effort might find strong echoes in other countries who suffer from violence, creating new alternatives to include the other, which includes as well the relationship of human beings to the planet.

Keywords : other; image; education; dance; peace; art.

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