'Great Latin American Women'. Follow-on Funding for 'The Billiken Magazine Centenary Project'

伟大的拉丁美洲妇女项目是《比利肯杂志百年纪念项目：阿根廷儿童文学和童年》(AHRC领导力奖学金，比利肯的出版商、社论Atlántida作为项目合作伙伴)的后续项目。《比利肯》在阿根廷连续出版已有百年历史，在拉美多个国家有历史性的发行量。作为现在被称为“教育娱乐”的先驱，几十年来，它影响了阿根廷的学校教育，因为老师们会根据杂志的教育内容来布置家庭作业。原始档案项目的研究结果包括对该杂志历史上传统的性别角色表现形式的分析，以及长期以来对伟人(独立英雄、政治家、科学家)作为男孩读者(该杂志的“明日男人”)榜样的关注。针对这一点，PI与Billiken合作，领导一个由创意行业专业人员组成的国际团队，创建了图文并茂的儿童图书《100个伟大的拉丁美洲妇女]，作为Billiken百年纪念的旗舰产品，以一种新的、更具包容性的叙事标志着该杂志进入了一个新时代。这本书展示了拉丁美洲主要女性从征服前到现在的多样化经历，以及她们在政治、人权、体育、艺术、科学、工程和保护等领域的贡献。后续项目将扩大这本书的影响范围和影响，支持根据书中提到的妇女的生活和成就开发免费的视听和数字教育资源，供课堂内外使用。教育资源将促进对在建国和随后的政治活动中发挥关键作用的历史妇女的了解，以鼓励将这些妇女的历史更多地纳入国家课程。通过开发符合当代伟大女性不同影响范围的材料，将提高当今主要女性的能见度。作为该项目的一部分开发的动画短片将以一种有趣的方式讲述二十个伟大女性的故事，作为教育资源的娱乐伙伴。这笔资金还将支持与阿根廷、乌拉圭和巴拉圭的主要利益攸关方的互动活动：通过培训讲习班支持教师，通过“伟大的拉丁美洲妇女”艺术讲习班支持儿童。该项目恰逢Billiken进入一个新阶段，因为它巩固了其作为多平台儿童内容制作人的身份。后续资金的支持将确保伟大的妇女项目在这个新时代占据中心舞台。从长远来看，该项目是对整个拉丁美洲国家课程产生影响的途径，最终目标是促进该区域的性别平等。

The Great Latin American Women project follows on from The Billiken Magazine Centenary Project: Children's Literature and Childhood in Argentina, 1919-2019 (AHRC Leadership Fellowship with Billiken's publisher, Editorial Atlántida, as project partner). Billiken has been published continuously in Argentina for a hundred years and had historic circulation in many Latin American countries. A pioneer of what is now called 'edutainment', for decades it influenced Argentine schooling as teachers would set homework based on the magazine's educational content. The research findings of the original archival project included an analysis of the traditional representations of gender roles throughout the history of the magazine, coupled with the long-standing focus on Great Men (independence heroes, politicians, scientists) as role models for boy readers (the magazine's 'men of tomorrow'). In response to this, the PI worked alongside Billiken, leading an international team of creative industries professionals, to create the illustrated children's book, 100 Grandes Mujeres Latinoamericanas [100 Great Latin American Women], as the flagship commemorative product for the Billiken centenary, signalling a new era for the magazine with a new, more inclusive, narrative. This book showcases the diversity of experience of Latin America's leading women from the pre-conquest to the present day, and their contributions to fields including politics, human rights, sport, the arts, science, engineering and conservation. The Follow-on project will extend the reach and impact of this book by supporting the development of freely available audio-visual and digital educational resources based on the lives and achievements of the women featured in the book, for use both inside and outside of the classroom. The educational resources will promote knowledge of historical women who played key roles in nation-building and subsequent political events to encourage greater integration of these women's histories into national curricula. The visibility of today's leading women will be increased by developing material in line with the contemporary Great Women's diverse spheres of influence. The short animated films developed as part of this project will tell twenty of the Great Women's stories in a fun way as the entertainment-focussed companion to the educational resources. The funding will also support engagement activities with key stakeholders in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay: teachers, through training workshops and children, through 'Great Latin American Women' art workshops. The project coincides with Billiken entering a new phase as it consolidates its identity as a multiplatform children's content producer. The support of the Follow-on Funding will ensure that the Great Women project takes centre stage in this new era. In the long-term, the project is a pathway to impact on national curricula throughout Latin America with the ultimate goal of contributing to the advancement of gender equality in the region.