The UNESCO Chair on “Visual Anticipation and Futures Literacy towards Visual Literacy” was officially established at the Open University of Cyprus in 2022.
With an aim to enhance individual empowerment and support societal inclusion, transcultural empathy and solidarity the Chair focuses on mastering the tools to comprehend the subtexts behind cultural visuals. The research project will investigate and question how cultural visuals mould our thought patterns and determine our relations with the past, the ways we experience it in the present and carry it in the future. It will, as well, develop and provide tools for emancipated and critical visual thinking and acting.
Main objective of the Chair is to run Visual Literacy workshops based on the Futures Literacy methodology, and design tools that will enhance and expand the impact of the workshops. The Chair will introduce the Visual Literacy methodology and tools to researchers at a variety of fields enhancing the impact of their work; to students of secondary and higher education; to active citizens; as well as to educators of all levels, enriching teaching methods and fostering the impact of their work.
Chairholder is the Associate Professor Vicky (Vayia) Karaiskou.
Contact info:
Vicky (Vayia) Karaiskou
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Open University of Cyprus
Email: v.karaiskou@ouc.ac.cy