Visual Methods for Social Justice in Education

Laura Azzarito is Professor of Physical Culture and Education and Co-Director of the Visual Research Center for Education, Art, & Social Change (VRC) at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. Her scholarly work is situated at the intersection of socio-educational and critical theory and practice, and uses creative visual methodologies to explore youth embodiment with a focus on the intersectionality of gender/sex, social class, race, (dis)ability from constructivist, CRT, postcolonial, post-feminist, and trans theories.

• Chapter 1. Visual Research from a Social Justice Research Paradigm in the Neoliberal Era.- Chapter 2. Intersectionality, Counternarratives, and Counter-visualities.- Chapter 3. Photo-elicitation to Amplify and Elevate Research Participant Voices.- Chapter 4. Participatory Visual Research for Community Empowerment and Social Change: Photovoice, Photodiary, Photojournalism, and Photonovela.- Chapter 5. Children as "Artists": Drawing to Express Social Justice.- CHAPTER 6. Visual Ethnography: Depicting Landscapes for Social Change.- Chapter 7. Visual Ethics: Dilemmas, Judgement, and Ethics of Care.- Chapter 8. The Power of Arts-Based Inquiry & Exhibitions for Social Change.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.