Social Justice Art: A Framework for Activist Art Pedagogy
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- Synopsis
- In this lively and groundbreaking book, arts educator Marit Dewhurst examines why art is an effective way to engage students in thinking about the role they might play in addressing social injustice. Based on interviews and observations of sixteen high schoolers participating in an activist arts class at a New York City museum, Dewhurst identifies three learning processes common to the act of creating art that have an impact on social justice: connecting, questioning, and translating. Noting that "one of the challenges of social justice art education has been the difficulty of naming effective strategies that can be used across multiple contexts," Dewhurst outlines core strategies for an "activist arts pedagogy" and offers concrete suggestions for educators seeking to incorporate activist art projects inside or outside formal school settings. Social Justice Art seeks to give common language to educators and others who are looking to expand and refine their practices in an emerging field, whether they work in art education, social justice programming, or youth development. "In a voice that is at once intimate and rigorous, subtle and discerning, skeptical and celebratory, Marit Dewhurst probes the layers and boundaries of what she calls the 'pedagogy of activist art.' Her voice plays in duet with those of the young artists whose discourses offer resistance and critique, insight and transparency, into the prevailing inequalities and injustices that divide and oppress their communities. Social Justice Art is a beautifully composed work of witness and wisdom, a practical and inspiring guide for practitioners, and an advance in theory and methodological innovation for researchers." --Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education, Harvard University, and author of The Essential Conversation
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781612507385
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781612507361
- Publisher:
- Harvard Education Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/14/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Harvard Education Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Education, Philosophy, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.