Directed self-criticism with artist-workers: a methodological proposal based on cultural-historical psychology Abstract
In this article, we present a research and intervention methodology based on Historical-Cultural Psychology, called Directed Self-Criticism. A priori, it is aimed at the artistic territory, starting from the artist's confrontation with their own work(s), which identifies processes of alienation-emancipation that interfere with the artist-worker's living in the context of the capitalist system. We elucidate its foundations and applicability, based on the systemic unity of Living (Perejivanie) and we delimit the method's interventional character, as it enables a subject to become more aware of various aspects of their artistic working life, to develop strategies for coping with limitations and to find creative material for their works.
Keywords Directed Self-Criticism; Historical-Cultural Psychology; Living (Perejivanie); alienation-emancipation; artist-worker