Jóvenes escolares y estética: Representaciones sociales en las expresiones artísticas visuales.

Abstract

The aim of this research project is to understand the social representations in the visual artistic expressions of young school children. In order to collect data the following instruments were used: observation, survey, graphic support (interpretation) and focus group (cartographic workshop). These instruments were applied to some students from 6 to 11grade. In the findings it can be seen that the visual artistic expressions of young people have a great symbolic and aesthetic value and therefore, all the creative activities carried out by students are recognized as emerging products of their specific cultural context. Likewise, these make sense and can be understood as productions of everyday life, full of a great aesthetic sense, which is part of their subjectivity.