Marissa Largo

From the Pearl of the Orient to Uptown

A Collaborative Arts-based Inquiry with FilipinoYouth Activists in Montreal

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Produktbeschreibung

Informed by social reconstruction, critical
pedagogy, and critical multiculturalism, this
research examines the ways in which collaborative art
production can assist a youth activist organization
in furthering its goals for individual and collective
empowerment. Enacting the roles of the community
artist/educator as facilitator and gatherer, two
arts-based projects were developed for and with
Filipino youth activists in Montreal as a way to
extend their community work into art activism. Embracing participatory action research as the
primary methodology, this research demonstrates that
collaborative art production, tied to the concerns
and values of an organization, allows its members to
identify and visually represent community problems,
connect personal experiences to larger group reality,
and envision alternatives for their community. I
reflect on my role as a cultural worker in this
process and finally, I discuss implications of this
research for community art education and community
organizing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 3mm x 150mm x 220mm
• Gewicht: 98g
• ISBN-13: 9783639065954
• ISBN-10: 3639065956
• Artikelnr.: 25074824

Autorenporträt

Marissa Largo is a Toronto-based artist and educator. She is a
graduate of York University''s Fine Arts and Education programs
and has a Master''s degree in Art Education from Concordia
University. Her art practice and academic research focuses on
multiculturalism, collaborative art, community art education,
cultural democracy and anti-racism