What If We All Appear? Audiovisual Workshop in Schools located in the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires

MARCO BONILLA-MUÑOZ; CINTIA SCHWAMBERGER,; GIULIANA PIGNATARO; FLOR ETCHETO

Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy

Brill

Año: 2024

2364-4583

The outcomes of a research conducted through audiovisual workshops in two public state schools located in urban poverty contexts of the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires reveal the manner in which students “appear” as protagonists and narrators of lives that are typically portrayed by others. Our hypothesis is that this methodological approach facilitates the inclusion of students living in impoverished contexts, providing alternative perspectives on contemporary ways of life. In this context, we understand inclusion as the possibility of their bodies to "appear" and the creation of an alternative narrative regarding precarious circumstances. Their bodies and narratives are often silenced, and they are usually portrayed as symbols of resilience, danger or sensationalism. Their narratives are useful to discomfort the audience about social inequalities. Within this framework, we demonstrate how the audiovisual by the students offer different avenues for making a presence in the political landscape, distinct from the conventional ways in which individuals experiencing poverty and precarity are conventionally depicted.