How to build an educational proposal that allows bringing awareness of the insidious influence of media imagery on our consciences? How to ethically apply this teaching proposal to the contemporary human odysseys of those considered “illegal”? I decided to create a teachingproposal with two goals: • Revealing the impact of mainstream images of migration in the minds. • Finding alternative means to visually portray contemporary migrants. After introducing the teaching strategy rationale, the present article introduces the chosen teaching scenario and discusses it. Challenging mental representations of refugees carried by mainstream media, is materialized by an attempt to deconstruct the gaze in 30 minutes that raises ethically complex issues. The concluding remarks suggest a potential follow-up to extend the reflection on the dominant visual regime portraying contemporary refugees.

DOI: 10.1515/9783839473344-006

ISBN: 978-3839-4733-44