Revista Complutense de Educacion
Volume 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 75-93

The functions of photography in the intercultural relations amongst immigrant families [Funciones de la fotografía en las relaciones interculturales entre familias inmigrantes] (Article) (Open Access)

Bautista Garcia-Vera A.* , Limón Mendizábal M.R. , Oñate P. , De La Rasilla G. , Rostand Quijada C.
  • a Departamento de Didáctica y Organización Escolar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Rector Royo Villanova, s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
  • b Departamento de Teoría e Historia de la Educación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Rector Royo Villanova, s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
  • c Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Rector Royo Villanova, s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
  • d Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Rector Royo Villanova, s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
  • e Departamento de Didáctica y Organización Escolar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Rector Royo Villanova, s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain

Abstract

This paper presents the results and analysis of one of the objectives of the I+D+I projects approved by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain entitled “Audiovisual mediations in relationships between schools and immigrant families”. It was aimed to find the specific functions that the photographic images have in the relationships of a group of immigrant parents in the school to which their children attend. The data presented correspond to biographical, cultural and visual storytelling started in the classroom by the tutor group for these families, and continued in their personal and social contexts. We concluded that the photographs in the stories had the following functions: source of information, support analysis, reflection and debate, and finally as a means to communicate the experiential knowledge generated. In this sense, parents used three methods which we have called: self-referential denotative, connotative text-visual and sequential. © 2016, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Photo-elicitation Photographic image Mutual understanding Visual communication Intercultural relationship

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DOI: 10.5209/rev_RCED.2016.v27.n1.45115
ISSN: 11302496
Cited by: 1
Original Language: Spanish