Spaces in printing: symbolic graphic practices in the school environment

Abstract

The proposal originated from an experience in the field of Visual and Plastic Education, in a university setting, with future teachers, where a collective analysis and reflection was carried out on the design and function of toilet spaces in a school context. This practice was transferred to the Rural School Group (CRA) in Beniatjar, in the Valencian Community. It is part of an integrative line of work that addresses the reinterpretation of school spaces from a critical and creative perspective, using stamping as a methodological and expressive tool. In this new context, and maintaining the initial methodological approach, an intervention is proposed for the soccer field—the functional and symbolic space of the school playground—through the creation of a stamped labyrinth. This action questions and expands the possibilities of use of the space, promoting a more inclusive and diverse appropriation of the school environment. This encourages a critical view of educational spaces, highlighting the centrality of the classroom as the only place of learning, and emphasizes the educational, social, and imaginary dimensions of shared spaces. The proposal is thus part of a pedagogy of place, understanding the school environment as a complex system of creative possibilities, relationships, and meanings.