The ARtS Community Without Community: Imagining Aesthetic Curriculum for Active Citizenship

SAGE Open

Seungho Moon¹ 

关键词: art-based curriculum inquiry;    active citizenship;    community;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244016664772

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This article is about teaching art-based inquiry and equity pedagogy. The author introduces an aesthetic-inspired afterschool curriculum in the urban context in the United States and theorizes the meaning of active citizenship and community. Conceptually framed by “community without community,” this article explicates the ways in which the ARtS children (Aesthetic, Reflexive thoughts, & Sharing) investigated the meanings of community through dance, poetry, and clay art. The author imagines and theorizes community that goes beyond emphasizing solidarity and a collective “we”-ness in the pursuit of social transformation. Rather, the author argues that “community without community” could be an important framework to revisit children’s exploration of community, self-other, and active citizenship. The ARtS initiative opens up the possibility of valuing diverse epistemologies and calls for releasing the imagination for a different community. Most notably, the notion of community without community leaves open the possibility of reconceptualizing existing community and its vision for creating new communities always open to possibilities.

【 授权许可】

CC BY