O futuro (das imagens) é ancestral: educação audiovisual a partir da construção de brinquedos ópticos

Abstract

This article presents the partial results of a research project that consists of developing pedagogical practices for audiovisual literacy based on the construction of optical toys, apparatuses created in the 19th century to demonstrate physiological aspects of vision that gave rise to the invention of cinema. At first, the construction of ancient optical toys may seem anachronistic in the face of the profoundly mediatized reality in which children and young people live. However, following the premise that the future is ancestral, we argue that optical toys connect us with a childhood of cinema that is constantly being updated. As well as providing an important experience of contact and experimentation with materials, the construction of the toys gives us important clues for thinking about the leading role of children and young people in visual culture.