EPISTOLARY METHOD

letter writing as a sensitive communication methodology

Abstract

This work presents the development research of the Epistolary Method, on its practical application in the classroom, by the Missivas Moventes Teaching Project, carried out between 2023 and 2024, in the Workshop of Written Expression, in Cultural and Media Studies Department, at Federal Fluminense University. The methodology of letter writing aims to facilitate creative processes of textual production and the development of autobiographical narratives. It can be observed as an interactional practice, based on M. Bakhtin's concept of dialogism, as well as in its pedagogical approach inspired by P. Freire and the active teaching-learning practices. One hypothesis is that through writing letters it’s possible to mobilize another symbolic dimension about the reflection the students make of themselves, the letter as a sensitive communication methodology. The work-in-progress results were presented by the production of an experimental podcast with the letters written by the students.