Wen-Ta Chiu; Ming-Chien Kao; Ching-Chang Hung; Shinn-Zong Lin; Han-Jung Chen; Simon F. T. Tang; Barry J. Hoffer; Chiang Springer Verlag GmbH (2008) Kovakantinen kirja
Wen-Ta Chiu (ed.); Ming-Chien Kao (ed.); Ching-Chang Hung (ed.); Shinn-Zong Lin (ed.); Han-Jung Chen (ed.); Simon F. Tang Springer (2010) Pehmeäkantinen kirja
This edited collection offers global perspectives on the transverse, boundary-blurring possibilities of community arts education.
Invoking ‘transversality’ as an overarching theoretical framework and a methodological structure, 55 contributors – community professionals, scholars, artists, educators and activists from sixteen countries – offer studies and practical cases exploring the complexities of community arts education at all levels.
Such complexities include challenges created by globalizing phenomena such as the COVID-19 pandemic; ongoing efforts to achieve justice for Indigenous peoples; continuing movement of immigrants and refugees; growing recognition of issues related to equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace; and the increasing impact of grassroot movements and organizations.
Chapters are grouped into four thematic clusters – Connections, Practices, Spaces and Relations – that map these and other intersecting assemblages of transversality. Thinking transversally about community art education not only shifts our understanding of knowledge from a passive construct to an active component of social life but redefines art education as a distinctive practice emerging from the complex relationships that form community.
