Felipe Aristimuño is a researcher in visual arts, multimedia, and education affiliated with the Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts (CIEBA) at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. His research explores visual culture as a pedagogical paradigm for visual arts, with a particular focus on the use of information technology and digital media in education.
Aristimuño holds a PhD in Multimedia from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (2020), a Master’s degree in Teaching Visual Arts from the Institute of Education at the University of Lisbon (2011), a Specialization in Inclusive Education from the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the University of Lisbon (2022), and a Bachelor’s degree in Photography from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2007). His PhD dissertation, titled "Education for Visual Culture in Social Media (EVMS): the meme and the Remix Culture in developing competencies for visual and media empowerment in basic and secondary education", was supervised by Professor João Paulo Queiroz and received a Summa Cum Laude distinction.
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Aristimuño has over 10 years of experience teaching in Portuguese schools, having taught at various educational levels. He also had a teaching experience at the Colégio de Aplicação of the University of Rio de Janeiro (CAP-UERJ), a teaching and research laboratory school.
Aristimuño's PhD research culminated in the EVMS curriculum proposal, which is freely available to teachers and researchers. This proposal aims to promote visual and media literacy in education using social media content. He has published several articles in academic journals and presented at international conferences, covering topics such as the use of social media content in visual arts classes, meme creation as a pedagogical tool, and visual culture education in remote learning contexts.
In addition to his teaching and research activities, Aristimuño is an active science communicator. He shares his knowledge through his YouTube channel "Canal Cultura Visual", which has thousands of subscribers, and as a member of the organizing team for the Matéria Prima International Conference. His experience working with diverse populations, including refugees and immigrants, led him to pursue a specialization in inclusive education, focusing on cognitive and motor domains.
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