The Child Who Imagines Himself

Aesthetic Experience In Childhood and Dialogues Between Psychology and Philosophy

Authors

  • Kátia Oliveira da Silva Universidade de Brasília - UnB
  • Joanna de Paoli Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Distrito Federal - SEEDF https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1250-5973

Keywords:

Imagination; Aesthetic Experience; Subjectivity.

Abstract

Abstract: This article proposes an articulation between aesthetic experience, imagination, and the constitution of subjectivity in childhood, based on the intersection of Gadamer's philosophy and González Rey's Theory. Considering children's literature as an aesthetic-mediating resource, the article investigates how aesthetic experience, experienced as symbolic play, mobilizes the imagination and participates in the production of subjective meanings. The research, grounded in Qualitative Epistemology, involved a 6- to 7-year-old child, monitored for ten months in a public institution. Through playful and interactive tools, narrative episodes were constructed that highlight the role of literature in the symbolic reorganization of experience, the production of meanings, and the development of subjective resources.

 

 

Author Biographies

Kátia Oliveira da Silva, Universidade de Brasília - UnB

Doutoranda em Psicologia no Programa de Pós -Graduação de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e Escolar pelo Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de Brasília. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1250-5973 katiaoliveiradasilva1983@gmail.com

Joanna de Paoli, Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Distrito Federal - SEEDF

Doutoranda em Psicologia no Programa de Pós -Graduação de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e Escolar pelo Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de Brasília. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1250-5973 katiaoliveiradasilva1983@gmail.com

Published

2025-11-03

How to Cite

Oliveira da Silva, K., & de Paoli, J. (2025). The Child Who Imagines Himself: Aesthetic Experience In Childhood and Dialogues Between Psychology and Philosophy. EVISTA ELETRÔNICA ESQUISEDUCA, 17(46), 175–198. etrieved from https://periodicos.unisantos.br/pesquiseduca/article/view/1811