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Education of Senses in Free Time: seeing as entertainment1 1 This article is based on the dissertation Tourism, Education, Cultural Industry: the Excursion Experience presented to the Graduate Program in Education of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, supported by Program of Universitary Fellowships of Santa Catarina (UNIEDU), Post-graduation. Supporting Founds for Maintness and Development of High School - FUMDES;BrazilianNationalCouncilfor Scientific andTechnologicalDevelopment (CNPq).

Abstract:

Nowadays we are increasingly subordinated by the excesses of stimuli that result in the (de)formation of our senses, including during our free time. In this article, we questioned the production of the sight and its role in the tourism context. Based on the follow-up of 4 excursions in the Southern Region of Brazil and 15 interviews, we observed that previous images and the constant orientation of the tourist’s sight determine an experience devoid of perceptibility, requiring photographic record as a resource for memory. We conclude that vision stimuli and the act of looking consist in entertainment, which results in the strengthening of the process of sensory alienation.

Keywords:
Education of the Senses; Subjectivity; Free Time; Tourism

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