Doris Sommer y José Molinas Vega – Tv El péndulo, Paraguay
Art, Politics, and Pedagogy
Professor Doris Sommer, and Professor Bernard Charlot talking about Art, Politics and Pedagogy at the XVI Colóquio Internacional Educação e Contemporaneidade (EDUCON, 2022)!
Docentes se capacitaron en el innovador método “Pre-Textos”, que une enseñanza, innovación y lectura
Diario Mayor, July 2022, Chile
A dozen academics attended the sessions led by Doris Sommer and José Luis Falcioni, from Harvard University, who introduced them to this methodology that, through art, seeks to encourage critical analysis, creativity and problem solving.
For the love of the word, an article about Pre-Texts in India
The etymology for school is “leisure”. As a place of ‘leisure’, it refers to an environment where students can engage with the curriculum without the pressure of learning. But how many students fondly recall their experiences in school or college as being leisurely or enjoyable?
Congreso Futuro 2021: Zoomarse a Pre-Textos: Lectoescritura, Innovación, Ciudadanía
Inovar, Facilitar, Participar
Interview with Doris Sommer
Cuerpomente, February 2020 – Spain
Doris Sommer es la fundadora de la ONG Agentes Culturales, donde ha desarrollado el protocolo pedagógico Pre-Textos durante 35 años, en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica. Este protocolo ha sido calificado por la UNESCO como “Educación por la paz”.
Humanismo Contra la Violencia
Paradigma Cientifico, 2018, Mexico
Paradigma Cientifico interviewed Dr. Doris Sommer, professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard and director of the Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University.
Líderes Juveniles Aprenden a Combinar Música y Educación a Orillas del Lago Llanquihue
Economía y Negocios online, January 2018, Chile
Una treintena de jóvenes de distintos países de América se reunieron este mes en Frutillar para poner a prueba los conocimientos que antes habían aprendido a través de un curso en línea enfocado en liderazgo.
Los Libros no son Sagrados y los Maestros son Ignorantes
Diario de Madrid, October 2018 – Spain
An innovative workshop for literacy and critical thinking arrives at the II World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and Peace. It follows the Pre-Text methodology of Harvard University, which has traveled the world adapting to all audiences, from astrophysicists to inmates.
Doris Sommer: ‘Sin Arte no se Puede Pensar en Cambios Sociales’
El Comercio, May 2017 – Ecuador
Doris Sommer was in Quito, to dictate the workshop Pre-Texts: Lecto-writing, innovation and citizenship, and the Conference The art works in the world: Citizen Culture and Public Humanities, which took place at the Andean University Simón Bolívar.
Atienden a Más de 21mil en Prevención de Delito
Informativo Agora, July 2017 – Mexico
In order to strengthen the municipal program De La Mano por Comonfort, the members of the different blocks attended the talk of citizen culture taught by the Cultural Agent of Pre-Texts in Mexico endorsed by Harvard University, Hortencia Chávez.
Doris Sommer: “Educar a través del arte es el único modo de crear nuevas formas para impedir la violencia”
Infobae, August 2017 – Argentina
Visiting Buenos Aires, the researcher and educator referred to the moment when education goes through the world and also the importance of changing the teaching paradigm. “Pleasure is essential for learning. The most important work is an authoritarian pedagogical culture,” she said to Infobae.
La Literatura se Vuelve Excusa
El Mercurio, February 2014 – Chile
Doris Sommer proposal, Harvard University Academic: Literature becomes an excuse to play artists. Linking texts with theatrical performances, music and plastic works helps to unravel the stories that hide behind those books that initially seem difficult.
Niños de Coinco Reescribieron Obras Literarias para Convertirlas en Canciones
El Arte Hace Ciudadanos
El Tiempo, October 2008 – Colombia
Concerned about the fact that her doctoral Literature students in Harvard University to move to other careers, Professor Doris Sommer, director of the Cultural Agents, began to analyze the causes of this abandonment.
The Bramas realized a “Paper Picker Press Project” Workshop in Framingham
Brazilian Newspaper, August 2007 – United States
The Paper Picker Press isn’t all about after-school! The Brazilian American Association (Bramas) organized an open workshop that lasted 5 days and was attended by almost 30 young people from 10 to 16 years.
Doris Sommer – World Frontiers Forum Berlin
Doris Sommer – EduCaixa
