Participatory video and visual literacy

Challenges and opportunities for social and educational change

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2019.242.17

Keywords:

Visual literacy, New media, Participatory video, Democratic experimentalism, Directionality, Educational change

Abstract

New technologies and the expansion of visual experiences pose a challenge to education. This paper proposes participatory video as a tool for education in new digital media and visual literacy. Participatory video is an educommunicative action connected to the social contexts in which it is practiced. We understand participatory video as a form of democratic experimentalism that questions the uni-directionality of teaching-learning processes in order to generate situations of dialogue and the production of knowledge. Therefore, its implementation is a resource to promote empowerment and educational change.

Author Biographies

Sergio Martínez Luna, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

PhD in Humanities. Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Communication and Documentation of the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid. Department of Philosophy, Language and Literature. Professor at the Universidad Camilo José Cela of Madrid. Faculty of Education and Health. Department of Education Sciences. He has published his articles in magazines such as Third Text, ArtNodes, Laocoonte, Fedro and Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana (AIBR). Currently part of the research project Proyecto de Investigación I+D+i: “Imágenes, Acción y Poder. Agencia icónica y prácticas de la imagen contemporánea”, financed through the National Program of R+D+i oriented to the Challenges of the Society (2018). MINECO FFI2017-84944-P

Elena Carrión Candel, Universidad Camilo José Cela (Spain)

PhD of Research in Arts and Humanities from the Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha. Professor at the Universidad Camilo José Cela and the Universidad Internacional de la Rioja. Throughout her academic and professional career, she has been a speaker at various educational research and innovation conferences, publishing various scientific articles. Her main lines of research are the study and development of digital resources, multimedia and gamification techniques that improve the teaching-learning process. Linked to the INCISO Research Group of the UNIR.

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Published

2019-10-02

How to Cite

Martínez Luna, S., & Carrión Candel, E. (2019). Participatory video and visual literacy: Challenges and opportunities for social and educational change. Obra Digital, (17), 77–91. https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2019.242.17

Issue

No. 17 (2019): Social networks and new technologies in multidisciplinary lines

Section

Monographic

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