Research-creation Experiences in Rural Areas in Colombia with Adolescents : Transformation Processes Mediated by Art

Abstract

This paper recognizes in a process of creative research the potential of art to generate experiences of configuration of subjectivities, as well as social transformation. In the first place, I make a contextualization of the places where this work experience is developed, located in rural sectors of some departments of Colombia. Secondly, I work on the potential of art as a strategy of recognition, transformation and social mediation at the moment of generating transformative processes with adolescents in rural areas. Then, I share some results on how the subjectivities of the participants have been configured and how it has been possible to facilitate the communication of localized experiences with the participants. Finally, I present some reflections and discussions on art, the rural context and social transformation in Colombia.

Presenters

Daniel Bonilla Montenegro
Professor, Psychology, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Colombia

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life

KEYWORDS

ART, RESEARCH-CREATION, RURALITY, SUBJECTIVITY