THE STATUS OF THE VISUAL IMAGE IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Abstract

We live in a world of visual images. In this sense, when it was established as an object of our curiosity, the visual image began to be analyzed through different methodological approaches in different fields of knowledge. Foucaultian research of an analytical-archaeological nature uses language as an excavation site. However, its specific interest lies in investigating and understanding how a singular layer of this place is organized and functions, which is precisely the archaeological territory of discourse as an enunciative event. The present text has as its investigative focus the reflection on the possibility of using the visual image as an object of study in the field of education, in general, and in Cultural Studies of Education, in particular, using Archaeological Discourse Analysis as a theoretical-methodological alternative. It brings to the stage of the methodological debate fundamental questions of interest to researchers in the field of education who work with qualitative research, especially in the field of Cultural Studies. Archaeological Discourse Analysis not only provides a methodological option for the object of visual image but also a Theory of Discourse.

Author Biographies

Alberto José Ferreira de Lima, Centro Universitário FAVENI

Professor do Centro Universitário FAVENI (UNIFAVENI), Guarulhos, SP, Brasil. Doutor em Educação pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)

Edna Gusmão de Góes Brennand, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Professora Titular da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brasil. 

Doutorado em Sociologia pela Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, França. 

Pós-Doutorado nas seguintes Instituições: Université Catholique de Louvain, Bélgica; Universidade de Valência, Espanha; Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal. 

Published
2025-11-25
How to Cite
LIMA, A.; BRENNAND, E. THE STATUS OF THE VISUAL IMAGE IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS. CADERNOS DE PESQUISA: PENSAMENTO EDUCACIONAL, v. 20, n. 56, p. 107-122, 25 nov. 2025.