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Education for social engagement is one of the main conditions in order to strengthen a deliberative and democratic society. The contributions of pedagogy and social sciences to this purpose are well known and object of a wide and rich debate. However, other fields such as visual arts can also convey a great potential when it comes to face the challenge of educating for social engagement. In this paper we will summarize some debates in art regarding the concept of commitment in contemporary culture. Some of these ideas have nowadays a remarkable influence on the spontaneous visual creativity, which is so popular among young people, and widely spread in the Net. Many recent approaches in the field of art education are precisely oriented to social contents. Therefore, we will briefly analyze the challenges that these contributions pose to the teacher training process. In the last paragraphs of this paper, we will summarize a case study research in the context of a teacher training program. Our aim is to evaluate how the participants experienced the possibility of using art to promote social engagement and the meaning that such experience had for them. We can observe that, during the project, art was used as an effective tool to convey social inquiry and awareness. The participants linked the experience to relevant aspects of their professional training. ; La educación para el compromiso social es sin duda un factor esencial para una sociedad deliberativa y democrática. Las aportaciones de la pedagogía y las ciencias sociales a tal cometido son conocidas y objeto de un amplio y rico debate. Sin embargo, también las artes cuentan con un enorme potencial frete al reto de educar para el compromiso. En este artículo analizaremos las aportaciones del arte a la idea de compromiso en la cultura contemporánea. Aportaciones que tienen hoy un amplio eco en la creatividad visual anónima que se difunde en las redes, y que es enormemente popular entre los más jóvenes. Como consecuencia, consideraremos las propuestas recientes de ...

Lately, the artistic world and the social world are more strongly linked. This article presents social dance being used as an instrument, a bridge and/or tool for groups of vulnerable people exhibiting the social characteristics of risk and/or exclusion. In social dance groups, dance is oriented towards different purposes; among one of which is therapeutic. In this paper, a sample obtained between 2010 and 2021 from support groups for female victims of male violence against women using dance therapy (DMT) is analysed. From this investigation, we observe the participants' evolution and the benefits gained through employing dance and movement as a support for reorganizing and restructuring situations, joining the trichotomy of thoughts, feelings, and acts so these women are empowered to make vital decisions that will positively affect their recovery. The results show that one of the keys for this recovery is the connection between movement and emotion.