Depuis sa création, en 2004, le réseau social Facebook a reçu une attention médiatique dont l’ampleur est phénoménale. Avec des millions d’utilisateurs à son actif, le site est aussi devenu, dans certains milieux, presqu’incontournable. Malgré les appels à la prudence et à la vigilance dans l’utilisation de Facebook qui se multiplient – notamment concernant des enjeux de surveillance et de protection de la vie privée – nombre d’utilisateurs continuent d’y archiver des contenus, dont les photographies personnelles constituent une part importante. Ce mémoire propose d’explorer dans quelle mesure les pratiques associées à la photographie personnelle pourraient être comprises dans les processus de formation d’« éthiques de l’existence » (Foucault, 1984a; 1984b). Ces éthiques proposent aux individus des codes de conduite et des ensembles de valeurs à partir desquels le sujet s’adonne à un travail sur lui-même et se constitue en être « éthique » menant une existence « esthétique » (idem). Le terrain a pris la forme de séries de rencontres effectuées auprès de trois participantes. À la lumière de leurs pratiques photographiques, je suggère d’envisager la photographie personnelle comme un lieu où s’effectue la mise en oeuvre de techniques de soi. J’avance que de tels procédés favorisent la production d’un sujet se comprenant comme unifié et cohérent, tout comme ils participent à l’esthétisation de ce sujet et de son existence. / Since Facebook was first launched, in 2004, the social network has received a tremendous amount of media coverage. Today, as users are counted by millions, Facebook now seems to have become, in certain circles, totally ubiquitous. Despite growing numbers of warnings for caution in the uses of Facebook – which are frequently associated to privacy or surveillance issues – many users keep uploading content, such as personal photographs, on the social network. This thesis aims to explore the extent to which practices of personal photography may be involved in the formations of what Michel Foucault termed "ethics of the self" (Foucault, 1984a; 1984b). These ethics provide individuals with values, guidelines and codes of conduct from which the subject can engage in the production of his self as an "ethic" being, living an "aesthetic" life (idem). Research was supported with a series of interviews conducted with three volunteers. In the light of their photographic practices, I assert that it is possible to understand personal photography as a fertile site where techniques of the self can be made and elaborated. I suggest that through personal photography, these processes encourage the production of a united and consistent subject, and that these practices also contribute to the aestheticisation of the subject as well as its existence.

A temática desta tese aborda as relações de poder na gestão escolar, enfocando os profissionais que atuam na Equipe Diretiva e os professores, através da análise de seus discursos, de suas verdades constituídas ao longo do processo de formação cultural ao qual cada um foi submetido. Inicia-se a tese pela constituição cultural de cada ser humano enquanto ser unívoco, com base nas tecnologias de si, expressão utilizada pelo filósofo Michel Foucault. Destacamos a sexualidade como elemento com fortes características constitutivas que interferirão na vida deste, em todos os campos, quer seja na vida particular tanto quanto em sua vida profissional. São apresentadas várias formas e entendimentos do que é gestão escolar, enfocando também a proposta metodológica de gestão administrativo - pedagógica da Rede Sinodal de Educação. É analisada a proposta pedagógica de uma instituição de ensino da região metropolitana da Grande Porto Alegre, no estado do RS, afiliada à mesma rede de ensino. O referencial teórico gravita em torno do pensamento foucaultiano, mostrando a influência nietzschiana nas análises e escritos do filósofo em questão. Sendo que a metodologia utilizada foi a abordagem qualitativa, através de um estudo de caso de cunho etnográfico. Com o objetivo de se conseguir transpor a linearidade no método de pesquisa, utilizou-se a bricolagem como ferramenta disponível para realizar a tarefa , na tentativa de alcançar ao menos alguns pontos da subjetividade humana, dentre os envolvidos no processo de pesquisa, tanto através do questionário, como da conversação e da observação. / The theme of this thesis approaches the power relations in the school management, focusing the professionals who work at the management group, through the analysis of their speeches, their truths, constituted over the cultural formation process each one was submitted. The Thesis starts with the begin cultural constitution of each every human being as unique based on the as technologies of self, expression word used by Michel Foucault. We highlight the sexuality as an element with strong constitutive characteristics that will affect the life of this human being, in all fields, whether professional or private life. We analyze various forms and understandings of what is school management, also focusing on the proposed administrative and pedagogical management methodology of Sinodal Network of Education. It is analyzed the pedagogical proposal of a education institution in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, affiliated to the same network teaching. The theoretical reference is based on Foucault, showing the influence of Nietzsche, at the analysis and writing of the philosopher in question. The methodology was the qualitative approach, through a ethnographic case study. With the objective of being able to overcome the linearity in the method of research, it was used the bricolage as an available tool in this task. We intend to get at least two points of human subjectivity among the involved professional in the research process, either through the questionnaire as the conversation and observation.