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Arts & Communication Photography and museums for senior students

important, considering the value that we currently prefer very intense and enriching reflections, which take
place, and how we take advantage of it (or not) by being into account their life experience and their desire to share
so impregnated by the presence of digital devices. For ideas in the debates. The images that they have created and
Byung-Chul Han, among the practices that require time, shared constitute a great element to better understand the
being careful and meticulous observation stands out to interests of these students.
be the important one since “the perception attached to This study investigates the critical and creative thinking
the information excludes long and slow observation.” among senior students, who had no knowledge of the
The philosopher continues arguing that “the careful practice of the arts. The students developed artistic and
contemplation of things, attention without intention, creative skills for different points of view from a critical
which would be a formula for happiness, recedes before position. To achieve this, visits to different museums, as part
the hunt for information”. Recovering the concepts of of the course, allow the students to take photographs. The
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studium and punctum elaborated by Roland Barthes museums serve as a starting point to work on the different
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when reflecting on photography, Han insists that greater situations and themes, as they did not possess broad
attention to things goes hand in hand with forgetting and knowledge of what critical thinking and creativity mean
losing oneself. When the ego weakens, it becomes receptive and characterize. This participatory action research took
to that silent language of things, say Han. In fact, “things into account the time, participation, means, dedication,
allow us to see the world. They create visibilities, while and responsibility of the students, who have known how to
non-things destroy them”. The students derive, and their take advantage of each planned and lived experience. Arts-
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museums re-read using images, allowing them to activate based research methodology is a potential transformer
new sensations and sensitive learning. 39 of a concrete reality, involving observation, reflection,

4. Conclusions and creation from the role of the actors in the research,
offering new visions of learning. This research addressed
Some issues should be highlighted as a conclusion and that incipient knowledge about creativity stems from the
final balance of the investigation. Senior students have perspective of the experience carried out among senior
shown their creative ability to generate speeches through students.
images, creating photographs from lived experiences.
These photographs tell us about their interests and their Acknowledgments
way of understanding life, something that fits with the None.
long-life experience that characterizes them, which fits
with their desire to materialize this acquired knowledge. Funding
They had never had notions of photography before (except
in one case, that of a student who is a graphic designer Knowledge generation project (DECHADOS) inclusive
creativity in secondary school through the relationship
and has practiced as such for decades), but this has not between schools and museums (Ref. PID2021-
prevented the results from being optimal. They were able 123007OB-I00) from the Ministry of Science and
to re-explore their city through museum visits, with the
images made during a series of drifts to different urban Innovation, Government of Spain.
spaces, especially museums. Conflict of interest
Combining different people offers us an interesting result The author declares no competing interests or conflicts
that we can approach from different perspectives. We detect with any institutes, organizations, or agencies that might
particular ways of deciphering social rituals, depending on influence the integrity of results or objective interpretation
the perspective taken, something that is revealed especially of submitted work.
in identity aspects, both through personal and collective
reasons. It is also clear that this type of research, carried Author contributions
out based on teaching experiences, allows for innovation
in education, demonstrating the theoretical and practical This is a single-authored article.
foundation it contains, and incorporating a certain margin Ethics approval and consent to participate
of risk, always necessary, as it is an artistic subject. The
emotional impact multiplies the educational effect of the Not applicable.
action, and this is made possible by the visits to museums, Consent for publication
some of which are more well-known, together with people
unbeknownst to the students. The senior participants Not applicable.

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