Large paintings and art installations by joining hands. Art-workshops for intellectually disabled children to overcome ableism.

Large paintings and art installations by joining hands. Art-workshops for intellectually disabled children to overcome ableism.

Shimasaki, Kyoichi

Article:

Many social welfare activities for intellectually disabled children might be based on an apparently natural and humanistic emotion, compassion. But compassion can be an obstacle for true understanding of disabled people, as it can be linked with a prejudice which disability studies regards problematic, ableism. In this paper, reporting the art-workshops for intellectually disabled children I carried out with art students, I would like to investigate the possibility to overcome ableism in the context of art and culture.

Many social welfare activities for intellectually disabled children might be based on an apparently natural and humanistic emotion, compassion. But compassion can be an obstacle for true understanding of disabled people, as it can be linked with a prejudice which disability studies regards problematic, ableism. In this paper, reporting the art-workshops for intellectually disabled children I carried out with art students, I would like to investigate the possibility to overcome ableism in the context of art and culture.

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DOI: 10.5151/edupro-aivcipe-26

Referências bibliográficas

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Como citar:

Shimasaki, Kyoichi; "Large paintings and art installations by joining hands. Art-workshops for intellectually disabled children to overcome ableism.", p-132-136. In: Barbosa, Helena; Quental, Joana [Eds]. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Art, Illustration and Visual Culture in Infant and Primary Education. São Paulo: Blucher, 2015.
ISSN 2318695X, DOI 10.5151/edupro-aivcipe-26