Children’s Drawings as Historical Sources: heuristic perspectives and methodological issues

  • Juri Meda University of Macerata - Italy
Keywords: History of childhood, history of education, drawing, graphic expression, imaginary, childhood, war

Abstract

Children’s drawings are one of the categories of historical
sources that have been poorly considered by historian so far.
Although some scholars have begun to examine their possible
historiographical applications, nevertheless studies using
children’s drawings as a source are still very rare. This article
aims to explain the reasons for this historiographical trend, by
highlighting its cultural and material grounding as well as by
analysing the complex and numerous methodological issues
which the use of this particular type of sources imply. The
present contribution intends to provide, with no claim of being
exhaustive or giving regulative principles, some theoretical
and practical suggestions for a correct use of children’s
drawings as historical sources.

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Author Biography

Juri Meda, University of Macerata - Italy
Professor de História da escola e instituições educacionais do Departamento de Ciências da Educação, Patrimônio Cultural e Turismo da Universidade de Macerata.
Published
2014-07-30
How to Cite
Meda, J. (2014). Children’s Drawings as Historical Sources: heuristic perspectives and methodological issues. Revista Brasileira De História Da Educação, 14(3[36]), 139-165. Retrieved from https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38897
Issue
Vol 14 No 3[36] (2014): Setembro/Dezembro
Section
Original research

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