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Fotovoz Conference and Exhibition “Small glances, big changes: a critical and transformative look at future teachers of Early Childhood Education.”

  • May 11th, 2026
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The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Valencia will host the photo-voice workshop and exhibition “Small Glimpses, Big Changes,” an activity developed within the framework of the PIEE project “From School to Planet: Transitioning Towards an Education Committed to Social and Environmental Transformation (II).” The activity documents the photo-voice process carried out with students of the Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education (Group 2I-X) in the Sociology of Education course.

📅 Monday, May 11, 2026
🕦 11:30 am
📍 Assembly Hall, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Valencia. Tarongers Avenue, 4b. 46021, Valencia.

Program
11:30 a.m. – Institutional Welcome and Presentation of the PIEE Project
“From School to Planet: Transitioning Towards an Education Committed to Social and Environmental Transformation (II)”
Speakers:

- Elena Mut Montalvá, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences

- Monique Leivas Vargas, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Valencia, and IUCIE researcher.

- Isabel Queralt, Awareness Officer, Intered, Valencian Community

11:45 a.m. – Collective Narratives and Photo-Voice Exhibition
Presentation of the narratives created by student groups, sharing images, experiences, and learning acquired throughout the course.

12:30 p.m. – Round Table: “Weaving Critical Perspectives for Educational Transformation”
Participants:

- Martha Belén Gutiérrez López. Dialogue between the day's experience and the project “Salamanca in the World: Migrant Photo-Narratives.”

- Juan Ferrete. Reflections on crochet as a learning process and educational impact.

- Monique Leivas Vargas (IUCIE) Moderator.

1:00 PM – Visit to the crochet exhibition and urban intervention "Capsules of the Sociology of Education"
Open space to share, discuss, and collectively explore the Fotovoz exhibition and the artistic intervention created by the students.