Framing Precarity Through Images of the Grievable Life of Children

Abstract

In this article, I move forward the tradition of visuality, or visual studies, in art education in the following ways: I examine, criticize, and expand concepts that are fundamental to the largely ignored subgroup—early childhood art education. I extend the study of images and visuality to unpack current political apparatuses and affects experienced by the public nationwide. Finally, I grapple with competing notions of care and agency to rethink relationality as a pedagogical possibility.

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Notes

¹ The family separation policy was introduced in April 2018 (Valverde, 2019), and the Associated Press ran the image of the Ramirezes in late June 2019.