CIC Dataset: Student Cartoons

The Covid in Cartoons project engaged 15-18 year olds with political cartoons and cartoonists to foster processes of meaning-making in relation to the pandemic. Working with Cartooning for Peace and ShoutOut UK we engaged young people in building critical narratives of the crisis and its impact on their lives. We aimed to promote an inclusive, socially-responsive curriculum that supports young people's ability to cope in difficult circumstances. We used surveys, focus groups, and records of the participants' experiences in the form of workbooks to gather data. The project was led by Dr Fransiska Louwagie (PI) and Dr Diane Levine (Co-I), with postdoctoral associates Dr Kara Blackmore and Dr Sarah Weidman, and ran between January 2021 and July 2022. Covid in Cartoons participants produced many drawings as they progressed through the minicourse, focusing on: i) introducing political cartoons, ii) reflecting on the pandemic through cartoons, iii) heroes, inequalities and human rights, and iv) live drawing with a professional cartoonist.

《漫画中的新冠》（Covid in Cartoons）项目面向15至18岁青少年，结合政治漫画与漫画家群体，引导其围绕新冠疫情开展意义建构活动。本项目与和平漫画（Cartooning for Peace）、英国呐喊（ShoutOut UK）合作，组织青少年构建针对这场危机及其对自身生活影响的批判性叙事，旨在推广兼具包容性与社会响应性的课程体系，助力青少年提升在困境中的应对能力。本次研究通过问卷调研、焦点小组访谈，以及以活动手册形式留存的参与者体验记录完成数据收集。项目由弗朗西斯卡·卢瓦吉博士（首席研究员，PI）与黛安·莱文博士（联合首席研究员，Co-I）牵头，博士后研究员卡拉·布莱克莫尔博士、莎拉·韦德曼博士参与执行，项目周期为2021年1月至2022年7月。《漫画中的新冠》（Covid in Cartoons）参与者在微型课程学习期间创作了大量绘画作品，课程核心模块涵盖：一）政治漫画入门；二）以漫画视角反思新冠疫情；三）英雄、不平等与人权议题；四）与职业漫画家开展现场绘画互动。