Call for entries: Open and collaborative virtual fair of youth work on the work and thought of Paulo Freire in the 21st century
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Paulo Freire was a person committed to change and social transformation. His educational approach is based on the profound human capacity to reinvent ourselves and create viable new solutions. What aspects of his legacy remain relevant for understanding the present? How can we reinvent Freire in light of the challenges we face? How do his teachings resonate within the context of digital culture?
To answer these questions, we want to focus on the key players in the transformation processes of Our America: young people. To this end, we propose an open and free call for submissions in the form of a youth work fair, which consists of creating a digital work or product based on Paulo Freire.
Beyond being a space to showcase the results of their talents, we seek to extend an invitation to the meeting, on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of this renowned thinker who promoted popular education in all its forms, from collective processes, to learn together.
The call for proposals is based on the principle of not pursuing a competition where certain winners are selected for public recognition, but rather on ensuring that all proposals received are recognized, supported, and disseminated. We understand that this approach aligns with Freire's perspective in its deepest, most dialogical and equitable sense.
This Call is promoted by the CLACSO Working Groups “Popular Education and Critical Pedagogies” and “Participatory Processes and Methodologies” and has the technical support of the Enflujo Creative Programming Laboratory: https://enflujo.com/.
Each group or individual may submit more than one proposal corresponding to four categories of free formats:
- Social media: Instagram posts, memes, GIFs, WhatsApp stickers, TikTok.
- Radio: advertisements, podcasts in different formats (for example, radio dramas, documentaries, news programs).
- Digital writing: stories, micro-stories, poems or dramatic scripts.
- Audiovisual: short films, anime, animated comics.
- Graphic piece: comics (not animated), illustrations, infographics.
Three categories will be accepted, with the understanding that applications may be submitted individually and/or collectively, including applications from institutions or organizations that work with the following age groups:
- Children and young people aged 12 to 17 years (*).
- Young people from 18 to 24 years old.
- Young people from 25 to 35 years old.
A responsible person is required for each submitted project. In the case of the first category, this role will be assumed by a person aged 18 or older.
Important (*) : Applicants must complete a child protection clause addressing the possibility of being exposed in videos or photos, as stipulated by the law of their country of residence. Non-exclusionary factors (gender, gender identity, disability, etc.) will also be included.
Participants are encouraged to guide their work by formulating the following questions:
- What do I want to do?
- How do I want to do it?
- Why did I decide to do it this way?
- In what format will it be presented? (Video, Music, Meme, Text, Digital Fanzine, Podcast, etc.)
- Why did I choose this format?
Works will be accepted in all languages present in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish, Portuguese, English, French and native languages).
All proposals will be accepted. Review will be conducted solely to ensure that submitted material does not ethically or morally offend individuals based on their integrity or on their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, or membership in any group that could lead to discrimination. Proposals that are not related in some way to the work and thought of Paulo Freire will also not be considered. If materials from other authors are cited or used, the project team will assume responsibility for compliance with copyright laws in their respective countries.
Participants may choose to receive voluntary mentoring. This will be offered in two ways throughout the process:
- Adult chaperones, selected by the participants (e.g., community leaders, teachers, facilitators, monitors, etc.).
- Companions assigned by CLACSO from the adjustments needed for the proposal, to the assembly on the digital platform.
Participants must fill out the online form.
The materials submitted must be uploaded to the following platforms according to their format:
- Video: YouTube
- Sounds: SoundCloud
- Images: imgBB
- gifs: GIPHY
The respective link must be copied and pasted into the corresponding space of the form
CLACSO will publish the final products on a website, giving them wide dissemination through various channels. If necessary, adaptations and adjustments to the submitted works will be requested. A hashtag (#) will be created to strengthen the sharing and common recognition of the submitted works.
The proposals received will be recognized by CLACSO, which will consist of the publication of submitted materials that pass the qualitative review stage on a dedicated website and may be shared on institutional social media. CLACSO also reserves the right to publish the works in various formats and platforms.
