POLÍTICAS EDUCACIONAIS SOB A PERSPECTIVA DA DIFERENÇA: A POTÊNCIA QUEER DAS ESCOLAS NO CONTEXTO DA PRÁTICA

Abstract

The purpose of this theoretical essay is to discuss queer power in the context of school practice based on educational policies carried out from the perspective of difference and not diversity. Thinkingabout educational policies under the conception of difference enables transformations in the relationship with others and with oneself, in order to face social, economic, cultural and historical conflicts, based on the privileges of gender, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation and class. The perspective of diversity is based on the idea of tolerance and the contour of historical conflicts, coloring reality without questioning the cause of inequalities. In the context of school practice, even in the face of hegemonic diversity discourse, it is possible to carry out educational policies from the perspective of difference, such as, for example, the obligation to teach Afro-Brazilian History and Culture (2003) in elementary and high school and the Brasil Sem Homofobia Program (2004), because even though it is a fundamental place in the standardization of life, the school is also a powerful space, it is part of the margins that lead to rethinking education, incorporating historically subordinated groups and experiences, thereby breaking down borders. The article dialogues Deleuze's (1996) philosophy of difference with the queer perspective of the discussions on gender and sexuality by Butler (2015), Scott (2005) and Miskolci (2012), seeking to constitute subversive theoretical territories.