Abstracts
Abstract
Activist groups like No Estamos Todas (NET) leverage social media to share art memorializing feminicide victims. While analyzing NET’s social media posts for patterns in representations of victims, we noticed contributions starting in 2017 from middle schoolers in Illinois. The way these artworks focus on victims’ lives led us to explore a collaboration between NET, these students, and their teacher. Through a feminist pedagogical analysis of the project, we argue that the students engage in recognition-based gender justice. We provide guidelines for implementation and pedagogical approaches, hoping to inspire teachers to recognize students as agents of change.
Keywords:
- Art Teaching,
- Gender-Based Violence,
- Feminist Pedagogy
Résumé
Des groupes d’activistes comme No Estamos Todas (NET) exploitent les médias sociaux pour partager des œuvres d’art qui rendent hommage aux victimes de féminicides. En analysant les publications de NET sur les médias sociaux pour y déceler l’évolution des représentations des victimes, nous avons observé des contributions d’élèves intermédiaires de l’Illinois qui remontent à 2017. La façon dont ces œuvres rapportaient la vie des victimes est à l’origine d’une collaboration inédite entre NET, les étudiants et leur enseignant. L’analyse pédagogique de ce projet sous une optique féministe nous permet d’affirmer que les étudiants recherchent une justice genrée, fondée sur la reconnaissance. Nous proposons des orientations en termes d’approches pédagogiques et de mise en œuvre, dans le but avoué d’inspirer le corps enseignant à voir les étudiants comme agents du changement.
Mots-clés :
- enseignement des arts,
- violence fondée sur le genre,
- pédagogie féministe
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