Turning life into art and art into a way of life: a cross-country perspective about art-based research, critical pedagogy and social intervention

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

Sousa, Sofia (Author) Other; Farina, Tommaso (Author) Other; Guerra, Paula (Author) FLUP

Journal

Title: Education Sciences & Society

Vol. 13 No. 1

Pages: 68-90

ISSN: 2038-9442

Publisher: FrancoAngeli Journals

Indexing

Crossref

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Social sciences > Sociology

Other information

DOI: 10.3280/ess1-2022oa13724

Abstract (EN): This article is the result of a partnership and disciplinary crossing, directed towards social intervention through the arts. In this sense, we used a multi-sited ethnography (Barbosa et al., 2020), i.e., we focused on the study of two distinct empirical cases, one in Portugal and the other in Italy, in order to understand and emphasize how sociology and critical pedagogy can be complemented with artistic practices, more specifically with the use, application and analysis of art-based research, thus promoting more effective means of intervention and perception of the social reality lived and experienced by different social actors, but also by the researchers. For the Portuguese case the initiative "The Neighbourhood is Ours!" will be presented, and for the Italian context the project "Alice In Wonder Wall", both targeted at young people from different backgrounds and with different experiences.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific