Keywords

Education, connection, communities, place-based pedagogy, ecological issues

Abstract

In contemporary life and education, the local is marginalized in favor of large-scale economies of consumption that are indifferent to ecological concerns. The consequences of neglecting local human and natural communities include a degraded habitat, loss of wilderness, alienation, rootlessness, and lack of connection to communities. Critical place-based pedagogy provides a robust framework for the theory and practice of art education that is concerned with ecological issues. This article locates art education within a critical pedagogy of place as a prelude to describing contemporary art and art education that is engaged with ecological Issues.

Original Publication Citation

Graham, M. A. (2007). Art, Ecology, and Art Education: Locating Art Education in a Critical Place Based Pedagogy. Studies in Art Education, 48 (4).

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2007

Publisher

Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research

Language

English

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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