Dissens and Sensibility (Book)

Why Art Matters

The book is an introduction to the pedagogy of dissensus, an educational approach using the dissensual characteristics of art as an experimental and affective force. It includes theoretical foundations and examples of how the theory is unfolded in different contexts ranging from educational practice to arts based research. 20 col illus.

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Category: Visual Arts

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An introduction to pedagogy of dissensus.

A pedagogy of dissensus is informed by the dissensual characteristics of art. The book includes both theoretical foundations and examples of how the theory is unfolded in different contexts ranging from educational practice to arts-based research. Motivated by the author’s long-held interest in the role of art in society in general and education in particular, it is a vital new contribution to arts-based approaches to education.

Referencing philosophers and theorists such as Jacques Rancière, Gert Biesta, Dennis Atkinson, and Helga Eng, Lisbet Skregelid demonstrates why art matters because of its ability to create necessary disturbance and resistance in education. In this book, she argues that art has something to offer education because it challenges existing norms, has no definitive answers, and contributes to new ways of seeing both oneself, others, and one’s surroundings. Placing art at the center and enabling dissensus in education can contribute as a contrast to the dominating policy led by economic ambition and competition.

Lisbet Skregelid is a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Agder, Norway. She is engaged in questions regarding why art matters in society generally and in education particularly.

Acknowledgements

Foreword

   Anette Göthlund

 

Introduction: The Role of Art in School and Society  

      My motivation for arts in education  

      The situation for arts in education in Norway  

      Why does art matter? A contested question  

      Art to see ourselves and the world in new ways  

      Outline of the book  

Chapter 1: Towards a Pedagogy of Dissensus 

      Equality  

      Emancipation  

      Aesthetics between autonomy and instrumentality  

      Poetic translation and aesthetic participation  

      Dissensus  

      Events of subjectification  

      More concepts and approaches of relevance  

Chapter 2: Dissensus in Museum Education 

      Scene One: Obscura  

      Scene Two: Flegma  

      Scene Three: Morten Viskum   

      Scene Four: Dry Joy  

      Scene Five: Encountering art with art 

      The museum as a democratic space  

Chapter 3: Dissensus in Teacher Education 

      Disturbances in teacher education  

      Teiporama: A dissensual third space?  

      Workshop for teacher students  

      Students’ experiences with Teiporama  

      Third space in teacher education  

Chapter 4: Dissensus in Education Involving Artists  

      Art into academic structures – Dissensus affecting the form   

      Moments of ethical questioning and doubts  

      Ethical questioning and arrivals of the I 

      The middle ground as third space  

Chapter 5: Dissensus in Arts-Based Research Practice  

      Lockdown  

      The running, the films and the filming  

      Dissensus and running as an educational space  

      My stunning stream and ecological awareness 

      Affect and dissensuality  

      Research? Art? Activism? Or only running?  

Chapter 6: A Call for Dissensus in Education 

      Helga Eng  

      The importance of teaching and time  

      The importance of resistance  

      The importance of artistic approaches to teaching  

      The importance of sensibility and affect 

      Why teachers and teacher education matters  

      Why art matters 

 

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