The connecting figures in the narratives of formation: formative, deformative and transformative connections
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022006000200012Keywords:
Dialectics of relations, Processes of formation, Knowledge of self, MemoryAbstract
Connecting figures are represented in this text by the metaphor of sailor knots. This metaphor tries to impart the feeling that the connection is, simultaneously, that which gives support, and that which binds and maintains a certain stability; that which allows the movement within a given perimeter, but also that which precludes leaving this perimeter; that which obstructs, which can make hurt when we go for freedom and fail, that which dissolves more or less easily when we find the freedom to move. The knots are also a reference to the complexity of the connection; they tie two threads or ropes to many threads, or to even more. There is also this metaphor of the two and of the larger number. There is not a human being who is not reconnected, connected, or who is someone like Robinson Crusoe; hence the importance of the theme of the connection in understanding the process of our formation and of our knowledge.Downloads
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2006-08-01
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Focus on: Life histories and formation
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The connecting figures in the narratives of formation: formative, deformative and transformative connections . (2006). Educação E Pesquisa, 32(2), 373-383. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022006000200012