| dc.description.abstract | The paper Photography and “the small homeland” − the use of documentary photography in
contemporary humanistic education ... must be seen as an attempt to enhance the importance
of photography in the process of education and self-education. The two main, sometimes
interpenetrating and complementary, adopted forms of expression: photography and „the
small homeland”, remained in the centre of the discussions. Numerous cognitive and socioemotional
values of photographic images have been invoked, e.g. 1) bearing witness to the
times, 2) the record of current world events, 3) pictorial presentation as a good means for
analysis, 4) a source of self-education – a component of emotional intelligence training,
emphatic skills and sensitivity (to experience other men and art) learning.
The use of iconic texts in the classroom (i.e. The Polish language, History, Art classes), or in the
form of extra-curricular activities (i.e. photo contests) has been profusely justified. Firstly –
a positive impact of photography on the important process of education and personal identity
formation of the youth. Secondly - the requirements of modern times, imposing the need for
change in the study and the perception of the image of „small homelands”. Furthermore, efforts
have been made to prove that a human document, especially a documentary photography,
serving to maintain links between the present, the future and the past, thus removes the
„space of oblivion”. | en |
