Weaving Stories about Art Education: Conversations with Ana Mae Barbosa

Abstract

In confluence with the preparation of this edition of the ARJ, Ana Mae Barbosa is publishing her book Redesenhando o Desenho: educadores, política e história (Redesigning Design: teachers, politics and history, Editora Cortez, 2015), thus giving continuity to the strong historical aspect of her research. This opens up an opportunity to speak with her about the book and the responsibilities involved in historical research in the field of contemporary art education.  Besides acting as a kind of book review, the conversation goes into topics that arise while researching contemporary art education history, such as what paths that imagination can take, assessing the plausibility of the contexts studied; the methodical choices of the researcher in constructing narratives and the sharing of data and documents; the importance of the researcher's awareness concerning the role his/her own point of view takes on in weaving a history that may contribute to the illumination of the present and shed light on possibilities.

English version by Leslie Damasceno.