The study of the visual and narrative voices of childhood, a methodological proposal

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https://doi.org/10.33064/50crscsh5048

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Childhood, Visual representation, voice

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Girls and boys, as social beings in their own right, have a unique way of expressing themselves, not only through words, but also through visual representations. Faced with the problem of the lack of social participation of children, we found that their drawings, photographs, or any other type of visual representation, can trigger a visual-narrative dialogue, which offers a window into their thoughts, emotions, and perceptions of the world. This article supports the need to study such representations and narratives, and based on the theory of voice developed by Nick Couldry, as well as the approach of the sociology of childhood, a methodology developed on visual ethnography methods is presented here, designed to be applied in a research study in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico, but with the possibility of being replicated in other social contexts. The results of this investigation are not presented in this article, since its approach is merely methodological.

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Author Biography

Paola María Garfias Cedillo, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

Paola María Garfias Cedillo (garfias.paola@gmail.com) es licenciada en Diseño Gráfico y maestra en Arte. Cursa actualmente el doctorado en Estudios Socioculturales en la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Además de su pasión por el diseño editorial, sus intereses de investigación están en el área de los estudios visuales, en específico, en las voces de las infancias a través de sus representaciones visuales. (ORCID 0000-0003-2394-922X).

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2024-01-01

How to Cite

Garfias Cedillo, P. M. (2024). The study of the visual and narrative voices of childhood, a methodological proposal. Caleidoscopio - Biannual Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 27(50). https://doi.org/10.33064/50crscsh5048

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