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From Red Lines To Brown Circles, Again: Reviving The Legacy Of Maggie L. Walker For Inclusive Economic Liberation, Shekinah Mitchell
From Red Lines To Brown Circles, Again: Reviving The Legacy Of Maggie L. Walker For Inclusive Economic Liberation, Shekinah Mitchell
Richmond Racial Equity Essays: Individual Essays
The author uses the legacy of Maggie Walker as a background for her proposal for radical, community-based intervention, shifting to a brown circles mindset that pushes Richmond to be a more racially equitable place benefiting everyone struggling to find the on-ramp to traditional pathways of wealth building. The tethered relationship of capitalism and racism requires that the dialogue about a more racially equitable Richmond include an honest conversation about money and wealth.
The Promiscuity Of Aesthetics, Paul Duncum
The Promiscuity Of Aesthetics, Paul Duncum
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
I contend that the concept of aesthetics lies at the very heart of the art educational enterprise, albeit significantly reconfigured. I begin by offering a highly potted, historical overview of aesthetics that while it supports Tavin’s view of aesthetics as a confused and confusing concept, demonstrates how important it remains. My intention is not to support aesthetics as part of a progressive socio-political agenda, as many art educators do, but because the word aesthetics is today used extensively beyond our specialized area of art education to conceptualize the sensuousness of contemporary cultural forms. A brief investigation of books and articles …
The Arts, School Practice, And Cultural Transformation, Landon E. Beyer
The Arts, School Practice, And Cultural Transformation, Landon E. Beyer
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
Attempts at articulating and instituting socially responsive programs in art education are heartening and long overdue. The work of the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education and the Bulletin as a reflection of the issues dealt with by the caucus, are laudatory and provocative. I seek to further these efforts in this essay by: 1) elaborating the social context within which schools function, and detailing how the political, economic, and ideological interests our educational system serves affect school policy, organizational structures within education, and school practice generally; and 2) suggest how the arts may be an effective force in …