Postdigital visual literacy
Visual entanglements and dynamic learning processes in art education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32674/n3gdq406Keywords:
postdigital images, visual literacy, visual entanglements, art education, teaching-learning processesAbstract
In a world permeated by images and confronted with social and ecological challenges, future-oriented education, in which technology plays a significant role in shaping processes, is becoming increasingly important. Digital media are transforming the methods and processes through which knowledge about the world is generated, necessitating a reorientation of educational practices. In this context, postdigital images have the potential to redesign teaching and learning processes in art education. By addressing and exploring the fluid nature of these images, art classes become spaces for shared knowledge exchange, in which postdigital visual literacy is not only taught but collaboratively developed by educators and learners alike.
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