The current composition of the Bogota Working Group is: Mónica Romero (professor, Master in Arts Education, National University of Colombia), Marcela Garzón (professor, Antonio Nariño University), Moisés Londoño (professor, Minuto de Dios University), Nicolás Navas (teacher, La Pradera School); Lyz Torres, John Vásquez, Miguel Vega (artists/educators, Graduates of the MA in Arts Education at the National University of Colombia).

We work on popular education and the relationship with social movements to rethink current problems and meanings of arts education. The idea of the popular contemplates

democratic access to culture

and perspectives of

empowerment

and

emancipation.

The construction of

the political

contains a reflection and review of social movements that have influenced the ways of doing and conceptualize the artistic and educational practices associated with the popular. For this reason an important concept for us is

Undoing institutions.

We review terms associated with popular education such as: community education, sociocultural animation, emancipatory practices, critical pedagogies and systematization of experiences.