Practice-based film education for children: teaching and learning for creativity, citizenship and participation
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2013
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de la Garza, Armida
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Palgrave Macmillan
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Practice-oriented film education aimed at children has been hailed for various reasons: at a personal level, as a means of providing tools for self-expression, for developing creativity and communication skills. And at a social level, it is argued that children must now become competent producers, in addition to critical consumers, of audiovisual content so they can take part in the global public sphere that is arguably emerging. This chapter discusses how the challenges posed by introducing children to filmmaking (i.e. digital video) are being met at three civil associations in Mexico: La Matatena AC, which seeks to enrich the children’s lives by means of the aesthetic experience filmmaking can bring them. Comunicaciòn Comunitaria, concerned with the impact filmmaking can have on the community, preserving cultural memory and enabling participation. And Juguemos a Grabar, with a focus on urban regeneration through the cultural industries.
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Children filmmaking , Mexico , Practice-based education , Animation
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de la Garza, A. (2014) 'Practice-based film education for children: teaching and learning for creativity, citizenship and participation', in Hjort, M. (ed.) The education of the filmmaker in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. London and New York : Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 221-237.
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© 2013, Mette Hjort. Reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137032683