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GOUVEA, Guaracira. The visual culture and the technique in images produced by students of undergraduate courses. Rev. Elet. Educ. [online]. 2020, vol.14, e3834010.  Epub 15-Jan-2020. ISSN 1982-7199.  https://doi.org/10.14244/198271993834.

This paper presents the results of a study that aimed at problematizing how undergraduate students of a Federal Higher Education Institution represent technique and technology - both key players in visual culture - in images produced by themselves. Those images were produced during photography workshops where the following concepts were addressed: visual culture; image; technique and technology. There were 105 workshop participants (52 pairs). They produced 65 photos of their choice of phenomena in and around university grounds. Afterwards, they answered the following questions: Justify your choice of phenomenon; Is there technique in this image? (Justify your answer); Is there technology in this image? (Justify your answer). Next, the photos were projected, and the group discussed the concepts of visual culture, technique and technology. Analysis of students’ written responses indicated that when choosing and justifying the photographed phenomena they possess a visual culture "based on visuality, the propensity to picture or visualize existence". Most students understood technique as a means to reach a certain end. They also mixed up technology and technical apparatus and did not criticize technique or technology. All students showed familiarity with the artifact ‘cellphone’ but none of them criticized its use. Contemporary artifacts - cellphones in particular - are such an integral part of our everyday lives that it is difficult to distance oneself from them, especially given that our everyday actions are so imbued with a symbolic system grounded on technical rationality that it can be difficult to be puzzled by that which is familiar. That is why we fail to problematize technique or technology, both of which play a large part in our material and immaterial culture.

Palavras-chave : Technique; Technology; Photography; Undergraduate courses..

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