'Humorous financial crisis cartoons': A visual essay of an elementary school art project. (1st March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Christopoulou, Martha
• Is Part Of: International journal of education through art. Volume 13:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: 123
• Page End: 130
• Publication Date: 2017-03-01
• Subjects: Art -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Education -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 707.1
• DOI: 10.1386/eta.13.1.123_7
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-5234

Abstract

This visual essay reports on the first part of an eight-week resilience art programme at a public primary school in Athens, Greece. The students were asked to create humorous cartoons as a response to the financial crisis. Humour as coping mechanism can defuse tension and anxiety and may lead to more positive re-appraisals of the financial crisis and as such contribute to developing children's resilience.