Visual Counter-Narratives as Creative Resistance

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Abstract

This manuscript presents how an arts education practitioner has drawn on the previous concept of Visual-Counter Narratives (Yosso, 2005; Bach, 2008; Harper, 2015) to develop the conceptual and practical methodology of Creative Resistance (Darts, 2004; Garcia, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2025a, 2025b) The author displays student artifacts that show how students understand counter-narratives and use the practice of creative resistance (Garcia, 2015, 2017, 2018) welcome the home and cultural knowledge of students to challenge issues of race, class and gender in their communities. Through this practice-based methodology of Creative Resistance, the author shows how students use tortillas, car culture, protest art, and board game practices to contribute to our understanding of visual counter-narratives in k-16 and teacher training practices.

Author

• Luis Genaro Garcia, California State University - Sacramento