Affiliation:
1. ECyC IPEHCS CONICET ‐ Universidad Nacional del Comahue San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina
2. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación Universidad Nacional del Comahue Cipolletti Argentina
3. INIBIOMA CONICET ‐ Universidad Nacional del Comahue San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina
Abstract
AbstractThis research is motivated by two inter‐related arguments. Humour and cartooning in children are useful means to (1) address sensitive socio‐political issues and (2) foster empathic concern and perspective‐taking. Humorous cartoons and multimodal narratives were created by 10–13‐year olds in school workshops about social inequality and social empathy. Students made cartoons related to concrete situations of economic, gender, racial and ethnic inequality. Children showed empathic concern towards the victims depicted, evidenced by representing positive empathy between characters or by denouncing a lack of empathy. This research suggests that composing humorous multimodal narratives can favour immersive experiences, perspective‐taking, empathy and pro‐sociality.
Funder
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Subject
Life-span and Life-course Studies,Education,Health (social science)