Imitative or Iconoclastic? How young children use ready-made images in digital art
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Sakr, M., Connelly, V. and Wild, M. 2015. Imitative or Iconoclastic? How young children use ready-made images in digital art. The International Journal of Art and Design Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12104
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Title | Imitative or Iconoclastic? How young children use ready-made images in digital art |
Authors | Sakr, M., Connelly, V. and Wild, M. |
Abstract | Digital art-making tends to foreground the inclusion of ready-made images in children’s art. While some lament children’s use of such images, suggesting that they constrain creativity and expression (McLennan, 2007; Szyba, 1999), others have argued that ready-made digital materials offer children the opportunity to create innovative and potentially iconoclastic artefacts through processes of ‘remix’ (Lankshear & Knobel, 2006) and ‘mash-up’ (Lamb, 2007). In order to further this debate, observations are needed to explore the different ways that children use ready-made images in their digital art and the various purposes that these images can serve. Adopting a social semiotic perspective, this paper offers an in-depth examination of five episodes of 4-5 year olds’ digital art-making that collectively demonstrate the diversity of approaches that young children take towards the inclusion of ready-made images in their digital art-making. The paper discusses these findings in relation to suggestions for what adults can do to support children to adopt a playful and critically aware approach to the use of ready-made images in digital art-making. |
Research Group | Centre for Education Research and Scholarship (CERS) |
Publisher | Wiley |
Journal | The International Journal of Art and Design Education |
ISSN | 1476-8062 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 29 Apr 2016 |
Accepted | 02 Nov 2015 |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | Attached full text: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sakr, M., Connelly, V. and Wild, M. (2016), Imitative or Iconoclastic? How Young Children use Ready-Made Images in Digital Art. International Journal of Art & Design Education. doi: 10.1111/jade.12104, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12104. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html#terms). |
Additional information | Version of Record online: 9 JUL 2016 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12104 |
Language | English |
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