Series of lectures in the summer semester 2021

In German-speaking countries, the understanding of the history of art education is dominated by linear conceptions of history and narratives of continuous success. The contributions to the series of lectures counter this understanding with alternative narratives and historical approaches. These are narratives about art education that take socio-historical contexts into account, such as the history(ies) of colonialism, economics, gender and nationality – not least to present certain educational ideas, which are today unquestioningly accepted as successes, in a more nuanced light. And also to bring into focus certain positions that are no longer visible today or have been suppressed.

The series of lectures takes place online on Fridays from 10.15 am to 11.45 am and is open to the public on the dates specified. Guests are very welcome and can register by emailing:

Organised by: Alexander Henschel

Dates:

30 April: Nora Sternfeld (Hamburg): Shaping the People. How does the history of the art education movement move us?

28 May: Rahel Puffert (Braunschweig): “A red circle is not a sun, after all…” On the relevance of the social avant-garde to art education today

4 June: Helene Skladny (Bochum): “Our little artists…!” Historical and contemporary reflections on the relationship between children and art

11 June: Wiebke Trunk (Oldenburg): FEELINGS – Feeling or thinking about art? It’s not that simple

18 June: Anna Schürch (Zurich): Design, or the formal-aesthetic paradigm in art education

25 June: Andrea Hubin (Vienna) and Karin Schneider (Vienna): Metaphor-generating machines. Colonial patterns of thought, children’s free art and the potential of pivotal figures

9 July: Sabine Gebhard Fink (Lucerne) and Elisabeth Nold Schwartz (Glarus): Towards a new material discourse in the field of art education? An analysis of educational concepts, their economic axioms and discourses