Annals of Behavioural Science

DOC NOMADS, AO-NORTE and ESE: A Project of Cinema and Education at Viana do Castelo Polytechnic

There is a broad consensus on the recognition of cinema as a means of acquiring media literacy. The problematization of cinema as an artistic expression and the promotion of interdisciplinarity between the areas of communication, cinema and education and artistic education in particular that have been established in the field of communication science teaching. In this context, the purpose of this article is to describe an action-research that is repeated annually, when students are confronted with cinema, audio-visual language, analysis of still and moving images, the follow-up of documentary creation with students from a cinema course and the dynamization of an audio-visual space from the text of a Portuguese writer, Almada Negreiros "Manifesto Anti Dantas". The findings provide useful information on the contribution critical analysis strategies bring to art in general and cinema in particular and that the study of visual culture in terms of economy, business, technology, experiences provide a more critical understanding of society through projects that guarantee a free and flexible teaching-learning program and stimulate much discussion and polemic.

Author(s):

Anabela Moura, Carlos Almeida and Raquel Pacheco

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