A Critique of Knowledge-based Arts Education: Ars Gratia Artis Through Rancière’s Aesthetics

We are interested in contrasts between ‘art for art’s sake’ and instrumental justifications for art in education. Surprisingly, it seems that current mainstream discourses of arts education tend to inflect the term ‘art for art’s sake’ with instrumental qualities. This paper examines the scene of Di...

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Main Authors: Thanh Phùng, Lynn Fendler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Lisboa 2015-12-01
Series:Sisyphus
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Online Access:https://revistas.rcaap.pt/sisyphus/article/view/7724