Sir Fear: stories by boys and girls from 5 to 8 years old, from the Álvaro Gómez Hurtado school

La presente investigación se desarrolló a partir de una metodología cualitativa que tuvo como insumo principal el análisis de los relatos elaborados por niños y niñas de 5 a 8 años, del colegio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, a partir de sus experiencias de vida frente al miedo. Los relatos fueron recogidos durante las actividades y entrevistas que tuvieron lugar en los diferentes talleres grupales realizados, dichos relatos se grabaron, transcribieron y segmentaron en enunciados. Posteriormente, para el análisis se revisaron los siguientes elementos: personajes, lugares, representaciones, descripciones, y lenguajes figurados, que hacen parte de los relatos y que a su vez se relacionan entre sí. A lo largo de esta investigación se evidencia una concepción del miedo como construcción social y cultural que trasciende la dimensión socioafectiva, la cual se instaura en las prácticas y discursos de los sujetos. Por lo tanto, los niños y las niñas como sujetos de saber y conocimiento, hacen parte de una cultura que a su vez logran transformar. Los niños y las niñas se presentan acá como protagonistas que crean, resignifican y generan importantes cambios estructurales en los contextos que habitan. Del mismo modo, se reconoce la diversidad de experiencias que impulsan el deseo por contar y representar sus miedos a través del relato.This research was developed from a qualitative methodology that had as its main input the analysis of the stories provided by boys and girls from 5 to 8 years old, from the Álvaro Gómez Hurtado School, based on their life experiences facing fear. The stories were collected during the activities and interviews that took place in the different group workshops carried out with participants; these stories were recorded, transcribed and segmented into statements. Subsequently, for the analysis, the following elements were reviewed: characters, places, representations, descriptions, and figurative languages, which are part of the stories and which are related to each other. Throughout this research, a conception of fear is evidenced as a social and cultural construction that transcends the socio-affective dimension, which is established in the practices and discourses of the subjects. Therefore, boys and girls as subjects of learning and knowledge are part of a culture that they manage to transform. Boys and girls are presented here as main characters who create, resignify and generate important structural changes in the contexts they inhabit. In the same way, the diversity of experiences that drive the desire to tell and represent their fears through the story is recognized