The 1st ABERTURA Conference will take place at the Faculty of Teacher Training of the University of Valencia on 25 and 26 September 2025. The conference format will combine invited presentations, oral presentations, and an exhibition of the results of citizen participation in artistic projects of social commitment, art-based public pedagogy, artivism, etc.
The 1st International Conference on Arts-Based Educational Research: Art and Democracy is a gathering of educational researchers and arts specialists from different fields to address how the arts contribute to strengthening democracy by mediating: the resolution of pedagogical, social, awareness-raising, and teaching and learning problems in various disciplines; the creation of artistic thought; and the consolidation of a free culture that respects diversity. The APERTURA conference aims to promote Art-Based Educational Research (ABER) in Spain by inviting researchers, cultural mediators, teachers from all educational levels, and anyone interested in sharing the progress of this methodology and its future prospects from an educational or cultural perspective.
