Tenured Scholars
García-Lazo, Verónica
Assistant Professor
Visual artist and PhD in Education from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her topics of interest revolve around the potential of the arts to advance principles of diversity and inclusion in education. Her research articulates intercultural theories, relational onto-epistemologies, and /r/tography.
Main areas of study: Interculturality, Interdisciplinarity, Art Education, Biocultural Heritage, Visual and Arts-Based Methodologies
Education
| Job title | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| PhD in Education | The University of Auckland | 2018 |
| Master of Professional Studies in Education | The University of Auckland | 2013 |
| Professor of Visual Arts | Universidad Finis Terrae | 2009 |
| Bachelor of Arts | Universidad de Chile | 2004 |
Research Projects
| Year | Type | Name | Role | See more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2026 | VRI - CCA - Research | Intercultural and interdisciplinary art education for a sustainable future: Art and the environment in secondary school teacher training | Responsible Investigator | Go to projectlaunch |
| 2022-2025 | FONDECYT Initiation | Challenges and possibilities for an intercultural visual arts education | Responsible Investigator | Go to projectlaunch |
| 2022 - 2023 | VRI, DAC. CEC - Research | The potential of visual arts in education: Promoting the cultural identity of teachers in training in basic education | Responsible Investigator | Go to projectlaunch |
Publications
Recent
Author
Year
Title
Magazine
Volume
Pages
DOI
Garcia-Lazo, V., & Appelgren, D.
2024
The art of not belonging: Decolonizing intercultural visual arts education in Chile.
Knowledge Cultures
12 (1)
194-217
Garcia-Lazo, V., Donoso, V., Springinzeisz, K., & Jeldres, R.
2024
The potential of visual arts education: Strengthening pre-service primary teachers' cultural identity
International Journal of Art & Design Education
43 (1)
221-240
Garcia-Lazo, V.
2022
Dialogical pedagogies in visual arts education: A/r/tographical encounters in Aotearoa New Zealand
International Journal of Art & Design Education
41 (1)
6-22
Garcia-Lazo, V.
2022
The many becoming the unresolved one: Reconciling the fields of art, research, and education through a/r/tography and collage
International Journal of Education through Art
18 (1)
105-121
Lazo, VG, Locke, K., O'Connor, G., Yoon, C., & Longley, A.
2020
Pedagogy and social criticism in the era of fragmentation: A collective writing experiment as cadavres exquis
Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy
5 (1)
1-22
Lazo, VG, & Smith, J.
2014
Developing thinking skills through the visual: An a/r/tographical journey
International Journal for Education through Art
10 (1)
99-116
Policy Briefs
Author
Year
Title
Editorial
DOI/Url
Porflitt, F., Dibona, G., Pereira, S., Villalobos, C., Ropert, T., Marini, Guillermo J., & Garcia-Lazo, V.
2023
Contributing to artistic education in Chile: Projections and challenges regarding access and participation of girls, boys and young people in the ACCIONA Program
CEPPE
Reports
Author
Year
Title
Editorial
DOI/Url
Proposals Education Social Table Covid-19
2020
Didactics for proximity: Learning in times of crisis.
Teaching and training of researchers
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Didactics of Visual Arts I, Pedagogical Training Program | EDU0175 - 1 |
| Didactics of Visual Arts II, Pedagogical Training Program | EDU0195-1 |
| Research Seminar in Secondary Education, Pedagogical Training Program | EDU 0207 |
| Development and Teaching of Visual Artistic Language, Pedagogy in Basic Education | EDU 0329 |
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Directed Study II, Doctorate in Education | EDU4037 |
Commitment
Management Responsibilities at the Faculty or University
2022: Associate Editor of PEL – Educational Thought: Latin American Educational Research Journal.
2021-2022: Member of the Team of Experts of the Analysis, characterization and guidance service regarding the access and participation of girls, boys and young people in art and culture training processes of the Program for the Promotion of Art in Education ACCIONA, proposal developed by CEPPE UC.
Social Impact
Adjunct Researcher CIIR - Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies, Line of Research: Recognition policies, state practices and interculturality
Appearance in media
July 2, 2024: Art Education, The second (p.8)
July-August 2024: Educational Policy, the Curricular Update in the voice of its protagonists: The meaning of artistic education, Education Magazine, Issue 409, p. 28
