You Draw Like a Child! Interrogating Aetonormative Tendencies in Imitations of Children’s Drawings in Graphic Narratives
This article examines ideas about children and childhood in contemporary comics makers’ creative practice. Starting from ‘children’s drawings’ made by adult artists, we try to assess if aetonormativity (adult normativity, a term coined by Nikolajeva [2009]) is present and how it influences contempor...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:comicalites_8408 https://doi.org/10.4000/comicalites.8408 urn:doi:10.4000/comicalites.8408 en https://journals.openedition.org/comicalites/8408 2024-01-24T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/vo11 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ You Draw Like a Child! Interrogating Aetonormative Tendencies in Imitations of Children’s Drawings in Graphic Narratives Comicalités Presses universitaires de Liège (PULg) info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2117-4911 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/comicalites Radanović, Dragana Vande Winkel, Roel Vansieleghem, Nancy dessin bande dessinée aetonormativité pratique artistique recherche en action narration graphique drawing comics aetonormativity artistic practice practice-based research graphic narratives This article examines ideas about children and childhood in contemporary comics makers’ creative practice. Starting from ‘children’s drawings’ made by adult artists, we try to assess if aetonormativity (adult normativity, a term coined by Nikolajeva [2009]) is present and how it influences contemporary comic-making practice. Next, we propose a way to engage with diverse graphic styles. Based on this, we interviewed comic makers and identified six categories of ideas influencing artistic practice that are relevant for interrogating biases around children’s drawings. Confronting such assumptions with different theories of children’s drawings gives insights into where those concepts come from. Finally, we present an experiment in which we explored how the act of imitating children’s drawing evokes a disruption in adult’s and children’s expectations about children’s drawing practice. The experiment opened a shared space between the adult and the child which was also an experimental space where new lines of thought could emerge. Through this we explore the possibility of a different relation to creating children’s drawings, and to creating drawings in general, and suggest new ways in which children’s and childlike drawings can be incorporated into artistic practice. Cet article interroge la manière dont les auteurs et autrices de bande dessinée contemporaine pensent l’enfance et les enfants. À partir de « dessins d’enfants » réalisés par des artistes adultes, nous essayons d’évaluer la présence d’aetonormativité (normativité liée à l’âge adulte, terme inventé par Nikolajeva [2009]) comment celle-ci influence la pratique de la bande dessinée contemporaine. Nous proposons ensuite une manière de s’engager dans divers styles graphiques. Sur cette base, nous avons interrogé des auteurs de bandes dessinées et identifié six catégories d’idées qui influencent la pratique artistique et qui sont pertinentes pour interroger les préjugés concernant les dessins d’enfants. La confrontation de ces hypothèses avec différentes théories sur les dessins d’enfants permet de comprendre l’origine de ces concepts. Enfin, nous présentons une expérience dans laquelle nous avons exploré la manière dont l’acte d’imiter les dessins d’enfants évoque une perturbation des attentes des adultes et des enfants concernant la pratique du dessin d’enfant. L’expérience a ouvert un espace partagé entre l’adulte et l’enfant qui était également un lieu d’expérimentation où de nouvelles lignes de pensée pouvaient émerger. Nous explorons ainsi la possibilité d’une relation différente à la création de dessins d’enfants, et à la création de dessins en général, et suggérons de nouvelles façons d’intégrer les dessins d’enfants et les dessins semblables à ceux des enfants dans la pratique artistique. |
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dessin bande dessinée aetonormativité pratique artistique recherche en action narration graphique drawing comics aetonormativity artistic practice practice-based research graphic narratives Radanović, Dragana Vande Winkel, Roel Vansieleghem, Nancy You Draw Like a Child! Interrogating Aetonormative Tendencies in Imitations of Children’s Drawings in Graphic Narratives |
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This article examines ideas about children and childhood in contemporary comics makers’ creative practice. Starting from ‘children’s drawings’ made by adult artists, we try to assess if aetonormativity (adult normativity, a term coined by Nikolajeva [2009]) is present and how it influences contemporary comic-making practice. Next, we propose a way to engage with diverse graphic styles. Based on this, we interviewed comic makers and identified six categories of ideas influencing artistic practice that are relevant for interrogating biases around children’s drawings. Confronting such assumptions with different theories of children’s drawings gives insights into where those concepts come from. Finally, we present an experiment in which we explored how the act of imitating children’s drawing evokes a disruption in adult’s and children’s expectations about children’s drawing practice. The experiment opened a shared space between the adult and the child which was also an experimental space where new lines of thought could emerge. Through this we explore the possibility of a different relation to creating children’s drawings, and to creating drawings in general, and suggest new ways in which children’s and childlike drawings can be incorporated into artistic practice. |
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Radanović, Dragana Vande Winkel, Roel Vansieleghem, Nancy |
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Radanović, Dragana Vande Winkel, Roel Vansieleghem, Nancy |
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Radanović, Dragana |
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You Draw Like a Child! Interrogating Aetonormative Tendencies in Imitations of Children’s Drawings in Graphic Narratives |
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You Draw Like a Child! Interrogating Aetonormative Tendencies in Imitations of Children’s Drawings in Graphic Narratives |
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You Draw Like a Child! Interrogating Aetonormative Tendencies in Imitations of Children’s Drawings in Graphic Narratives |
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Comicalités |
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