AEAH 5710 - Foundations for Urban Art Education Studies

3 hours

Introduces students to the various historical, ideological, and conceptual tensions of urban in art and education. Offers the opportunity to analyze and reflect on the nature of the urban (and extra-urban) experience. Considers the contradictions of the city, such as connections and differences, transience and permanence, public and private, work and enjoyment, and inclusion and isolation. The readings are not exhaustive; rather, they offer a broad examination of historical and contemporary discourses that inform and orient urban art education. Concerned with enduring ideas of space, civicness, geographical sensibilities, encounters, difference, displacement, conflict, freedom, and collective empowerment, particularly as they materialize within real-world art education landscapes.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to MA with a major in art education with a concentration in urban art education studies, or consent of instructor.