ABSTRACT:
This article aims to present, analyze and discuss of the conditions linked to the appearance, dissemination and use of the concept of cultural pedagogies in the Cultural Studies field in Education, especially in the Brazilian academic context. To examine the injunctions involved, this paper explores the meaning of the term ‘invention’ as adopted in humanities and social sciences. It analyzes the contributions by David Trend, Henry Giroux, Shirley Steinberg and Joe Kincheloe and Elizabeth Ellsworth, researchers especially associated with the formulations and consequences of the concept. The knowledge of these legacies give us the tools that allow us to glimpse the weft of this invention process.
Keywords:
Cultural pedagogies; Cultural Studies in Education; History of Education; Pedagogy.