Bruno de Oliveira Jayme

I am currently working towards my Ph.D in interdisciplinary studies (Education, Visual Arts and Cultural Geography). In my research, which is funded by SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council), I combine arts-based methodologies and popular education to trouble discrimination suffered by recyclers in both Canada and Brazil. More specifically, by working with recyclers to create a mobile art exhibit I am: (a) monitoring individual and community empowerment as an outcome of such art creation and exhibition; (b) evaluating the effectiveness of art projects to alleviate stigmatization experienced by recyclers; (c) determining whether using art as a communication tool leads to enhanced participatory policy-making processes. My research happens in the context of the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management (PSWM), which is an interdisciplinary partnership between Canada (University of Victoria) and Brazil (Universidade de São Paulo). The PSWM is a project funded by CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) that was designed to empower and strengthen recycling co-operatives, and promote social inclusion of recyclers in urban areas of Brazil.I also co-teach an arts program (drawing and painting) at the Mosaic Learning Society. There, I have the honor to meet brilliant youth from different spectrum of autism. I learn so much from them. Lately, I have dedicated most of my free time to the arts. Using acrylics and recyclable materials I have been exploring the magical world of contemporary expressionism and abstracts. I also have been facilitating numerous arts-based workshops in both Canada and Brazil.In my previous research (Masters of Arts) I worked under supervision of Dr. Wolff-Michael Roth, where I used arts-informed methodologies (participatory video) to investigate students and teacher s interactions. I focused my research on collaborative work with media as tool for mediation of students and teacher s interactions (verbal and non-verbal communication) in the context of environmental fieldtrips and computer laboratories.