Construcción social de la infancia en la educación infantil en Colombia a través de la fotografía (2006-2016)

Abstract

This research aimed to understand the social construction of childhood in early childhood education in Colombia through photography produced and circulated in State guidance counselors and digital press between 2006 and 2016. For this reason, the researcher implemented a methodological strategy from a relational perspective for the social studies of childhood supported by the culture studies and visual methods approach which allowed to analyze the images of children in early childhood education, understand them with both Childhood Agents and Agents in training, and disclose the social construction of childhood by integrating the emerging narratives to the photographs from the Childhood Agents, Agents in training and the researcher’s viewpoint. The research results made it possible to recognize: a) the State’s intentions to demonstrate the scope of some commitments to childhood education and child care in the country, concealing some practices with or around children in different regions and communities; b) a few media communication strategies aimed at sensitizing the audience to some news in order to ensure readership; c) the production and reproduction of memories and expectations on behalf of the Agents for the transformation of Early Childhood in the country.