Propositions for Museum Education : International Art Educators in Conversation Paperback / softback

Edited by Anita (Concordia University, Canada) Sinner, Patricia (Concordia University) Osler, Boyd White

Part of the Artwork Scholarship: International Perspectives in Education series

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From the perspective of art educators, museumÂ education is shifting to a new paradigm, which thisÂ collection showcases and marks as thresholdÂ moments of change underway internationally.

The goal in drawing together international perspectivesÂ is to facilitate deeper thinking, making and doingÂ practices central to museum engagement acrossÂ global, local and glocal contexts. Museums asÂ cultural brokers facilitate public pedagogies, andÂ the dispositions and practices offered in 33Â chapters from 19 countries articulate how and whyÂ collections enact responsibility in public exchange,leading cultural discourses of empowerment inÂ new ways. Organized into five sections, a wideÂ range of topics and arts-based modes of inquiryÂ imagine new possibilities concerning theory-practice, sustainability of educational partnershipsÂ and communities of practice with, in and throughÂ artwork scholarship.

Chapters diverse in issues,Â art forms and museum orientations are well-situated within museum studies, enlargingÂ discussions with trans-topographiesÂ (transdisciplinary, transnational, translocal andÂ more) as critical directions for art educators. Authors impart collective diversity through richlyÂ textured exposÃ©s, first-person accounts, essaysÂ and visual essays that enfold cultural activism,Â sustainable practices and experimental teachingÂ and learning alongside transformative exhibitions,Â all while questioning â€“ Who is a learner?

What is aÂ museum? Whose art is missing?