Why Arts Education, At All?: An A/r/tographic Inquiry

In the wake of curricular epistemicide, the authors draw your attention towards the theoretical and practical constraints created around arts education. As a/r/tographers (artists, researchers, and teachers), we argue that our ways of knowing and creating in the space of curriculum and instruction a...

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Main Authors: Darshana Devarajan, Brittany M Brewer, Karenanna Boyle Creps, Reyila Hadeer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Portland State University 2022-11-01
Series:Northwest Journal of Teacher Education
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Online Access:https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/38821
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Summary:In the wake of curricular epistemicide, the authors draw your attention towards the theoretical and practical constraints created around arts education. As a/r/tographers (artists, researchers, and teachers), we argue that our ways of knowing and creating in the space of curriculum and instruction are dynamic ways to think about and through curricular epistemicide. In foregrounding our own experiences of “(un)becoming through the cracks”, when we are faced with restrictive ways of knowing in a Department of Teacher Education, we put forth a question through our arts-based practices of knowing: why arts education, at all?
ISSN:2638-4035