This article reports on research into visual communication in art education. At a theoretical level, it examines the typical features and use of the genre of family photography as well as its origins and development in the light of earlier research and literature. Four installations, or visual-pedagogical productions, were designed on the basis of the theoretical framework and exhibited. This set up dialogues between the productions and the viewers whose open-ended responses were studied to ascertain the kinds of exchanges that took place. A new model for analysing the genre of family photography was developed that could be a useful tool in art and education and for future research.
This visual essay depicts my personal experiences with the San peoples of South Africa. Almost twenty years ago, I learned of a personal loss while examining their ancient rock carvings and used the San people’s beliefs about the reconciliation of death and nature to heal. In 2019, I ran a workshop for young Khoe-Sans peoples, offering them a chance to connect and find harmony within themselves. They shared their personal stories and visual creations with each other, reviving the disappearing storytelling tradition. As Indigenous peoples have often been treated as objects without respect, following the ethical rules of research was part of reconciliation. My approach throughout the workshop was to embody connectedness and care; according to the feedback, our interaction succeeded despite our cultural differences.
En este artículo se describe un experimento en el que un profesor-artista-investigador realizó una instalación acerca de la fotografía de familia. Esta instalación, una producción visual - pedagógica, se ha exhibido en varios lugares para recoger las respuestas de los espectadores de la obra. Los datos, 249 opiniones, fueron analizados para ver qué tipo de respuesta daban los espectadores, y cómo interpretaban la obra. Las respuestas se dividieron en siete grupos de los cuales uno, los buscadores de significado, se analizó con más detalle. El autor afirma que los espectadores, con sus respuestas escritas, se convirtieron en participantes activos en el proceso de creación de la instalación. Además de esto, algunos de el los comenzaron a reflexionar sobre sus vidas y las maneras en las que utilizaban sus fotografías de familia. Las categorías de análisis se pueden utilizar para futuras investigaciones centradas en las respuestas de los espectadores, cuya recopilación se recomienda a la luz de esta investigación.
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