Application and autonomy – the reach and span of contemporary art didactics
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Christensen-Scheel, B. (2013). Application and autonomy – the reach and span of contemporary art didactics. InFormation - Nordic Journal of Art and Research, 2(2), 109-123 http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/if.v2i2.729Sammendrag
Aesthetics, as both a variety of practices and a field of research, has now begun a journey
toward society and more applied thinking – that is, how can art, art thinking, and different forms of
sensuousness interact with or interfere in societal contexts. In this special issue of InFormation we
explore the frame of a possible contemporary art didactics, where knowledge production and
dispersion in and through art and aesthetics are promoted. Here the qualities of responding to societal
needs and challenges are negotiated with the particular qualities of art. The field of didactics is often
tied to specific teaching methods, but can also be seen as a more general theory of learning. With the
term ‘contemporary art didactics’, we want to propose a relational field of communication and
interaction based on aesthetic activity and competence. In addition, we seek to emphasize the
contemporary quality and engagement of this activity and competence. In this first article by the editor
of the issue, some of the related discussions on application, autonomy and criticality are presented
alongside a proposition to formulate certain specific art based qualities