Resumen de The Self and the Other: Social Integration through Art and Communication in a Multicultural Context
This research aims at developing learning, social integration, and media and information literacyamong young people in communities with low economic and technological resources throughartistic and communication activities like video creation, community interviews, cartographies, streetgames, news, animations, debates, fanzines etc. We work from the Self and the Other to understand,learn, and respect together with the cultural difference to create an intercultural dialog. Taking aparticipatory action research methodology approach, the empirical field of the qualitative study waswith 18 young people with school and integration difficulties, from African, Brazilian, and Portuguesefamilies. The activity theory was used for the learning analysis with the focus of group interviews,products made by the group, field notes, and reports used as collective source of data and analysis.This study aims at defining easy principles and actions in a multicultural environment and difficultsectors for generating alternative and attractive forms of learning, digital inclusion, and generatingthe skills needed for a 21st century socially integrated society.
