Art as Literacy

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Published: Sep 24, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.37652
Keywords:
art literacy multi-literacy multimodality
Nikolaos Tsergas
Democritus University of Thrace
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-5546
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This paper examines art as a form of literacy and tries to explore the connection between art and the concepts of literacy and multiliteracies. It contrasts traditional approaches to literacy with contemporary considerations of multiliteracies and multimodal literacies, adopting a holistic and synthetic perspective on the contribution of art to the promotion of literacy and multiliteracies. Furthermore, art as a form of literacy represents a new paradigm for education, which has brought about substantial changes in the way we perceive education, intercultural understanding, life skills as well as the functions of culture.





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