Pictures of Youth: An Introduction to Children’s Visual Culture
Explore visual culture for children and young people including, picturebooks, comics, film, television and drama
Who is the course for?
With a focus on visual analysis, new media and popular culture for children, this course is ideal for anyone with an interest in contemporary educational and cultural topics, parents and those feeling nostalgia for the texts and media of their own youth.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Evaluate how images can be explored critically, drawing from visual analysis and childhood studies
Interpret visual-verbal interplay in picturebooks
Explain the imaginative work required by young readers/viewers to construct meaning
Discuss the traditions of children’s visual culture and the plurality of ways in which childhood can be or has been represented
Reflect on the place of images throughout a child’s development
