CARNAVAL, EDUCAÇÃO E MÍDIAS DIGITAIS: O CURRÍCULO E A PEDAGOGIA CULTURAL DAS FANTASIAS DA ESCOLA DE SAMBA MIRIM EM CORUMBÁ-MS

Abstract

The objective of this dissertation was to analyze the curriculum and cultural pedagogy, especially gender and sexuality, present in the costumes of the samba school of the city of Corumbá-MS, focusing on the years 2023 and 2024. Anchored in post-critical frameworks in Education, the research adopts digital ethnography as its methodology, expanding the analytical perspective to the virtual spaces where these markers circulate, are consumed, tensioned, maintained, and/or reinterpreted. Based on the data collected, the research analyzes how these cultural artifacts— conceived in contexts permeated by educational and media practices—operate in the constitution of children's subjectivities, often reinforcing representations and invisibilities associated with gender and its intersection with other social markers of difference, such as race, class, and regionality. The analysis of male costumes revealed the persistence of a hegemonic masculinity, grounded in values such as strength, courage, and domination. In turn, the femininities of girls' costumes remain linked to docility, the aesthetics of ornamentation, and symbolic subordination. The research results indicate that, although Carnival is commonly understood as a space of transgression and freedom, in practice it also acts as a device of social normalization, disciplining bodies and restricting identity experiences from childhood onward. Keywords: Children's samba school. Gender. Childhood. Cultural artifacts. Social markers of difference.