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Thinking the curriculum with the concept of difference: from the Jaguar`s Bog to the Spring

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  • Gabriel Torelly Santa Catarina State University image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-8035
    • Conceptualization
    • Data Curation
    • Formal Analysis
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing
  • Paola Zordan Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-7706
    • Conceptualization
    • Formal Analysis
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.17027

Keywords:

philosophy of difference, diversity, curriculum, becoming

Abstract

This essay investigates the emergence and consolidation of the thought of difference in education (PDE) in Brazilian educational research at the beginning of the 21st century. With the philosophy of difference, which stems from post-critical studies alongside curriculum theories, the text is organized into three analytical layers: a genealogical retrieval of the sources of PDE, an analysis of the conceptual tensions between difference" and "diversity, and a discussion of escrileitura (writing-reading) procedures that use excerpts from Caminha’s letter to section themes and the figure of the jaguar, drawing upon these and other poetic intercessors. The work highlights the influence of authors such as Tomaz Tadeu da Silva and Sandra Corazza in the construction of a curriculum that challenges identity-based logic and aesthetic anthropomorphism, making it possible to think in terms of flow and animal force. With Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Derrida as precursors, it concludes that PDE operates as a disposition to evade constraints open to encounters and flows outside of sedimented guidelines.

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Author Biographies

Gabriel Torelly, Santa Catarina State University

Doutor em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2019), com período sanduíche no Instituto de Filosofia e Letras da Universidade Nova de Lisboa - IFILNOVA (2018/2019). Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2014). Graduado em Licenciatura em História pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2011). Foi professor substituto do Departamento de Estudos Especializados em Educação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC (2021-2022). É professor colaborador do Centro de Ciências Humanas e Educação da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - FAED/UDESC.

Paola Zordan, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Artista visual, performer, escritora, professora do Departamento de Artes Visuais e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Líder do grupo de pesquisa ARCOE, Arte, Corpo e EnSigno (CNPq) e coordenadora do Núcleo Transdisciplinar de Arte e Loucura, NuTAL/DEDs/UFRGS. 

Submitted

07/21/2026

Posted

08/13/2026

How to Cite

Thinking the curriculum with the concept of difference: from the Jaguar`s Bog to the Spring. (2026). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.17027

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Educação em Revista

Plaudit

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