EDUCATION OF SENSES AND SENSIBILITIES: BETWEEN THE TREND AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RESEARCH RENOVATION IN HISTORY OF EDUCATION ^{1 2}

EDUCACIÓN DE LOS SENTIDOS Y DE LAS SENSIBILIDADES: ENTRE LA MODA ACADÉMICA Y LA POSIBILIDAD DE RENOVACIÓN EN EL ÁMBITO DE LAS INVESTIGACIONES EN HISTÓRIA DE LA EDUCACIÓN

L'ÉDUCATION DES SENS ET DES SENSIBILITÉS: ENTRE LA VOGUE ACADÉMIQUE ET LA POSSIBILITÉ DE RENOUVELLEMENT DANS LE DOMAINE DE LA RECHERCHE EN HISTOIRE DE L'ÉDUCATION

Abstract

The article, in a theoretical-historiographic perspective, discusses the current trend of studies on the history of education of the senses and sensibilities. It begins with the presentation of the theme "sensibilities" and its presence in different historiographical traditions, showing how this approach in the field of History is not new. Then, in its first part, it discusses the recent arrival of the theme in the debates of History of Education in Latin America. In the second part, it presents and situates a set of monographic studies developed by the Center for Studies on the Education of Senses and Sensibilities - Nupes, FAE/UFMG, in partnership with researchers from Brazil and other countries, discussing some of their basic assumptions. The text concludes by discussing the limits, risks, and scope of the history of education of the senses and sensibilities as a trend that balances between academic fad and the possibility of renovating the consecrated forms of investigating the past and the present of Latin American education.

Keywords:
history of education; history of the education of senses and sensibilities; historiography