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Embodied Learning: Towards New Models For Engaging With Art Within The University, Clive Barstow, Paul Uhlmann
Embodied Learning: Towards New Models For Engaging With Art Within The University, Clive Barstow, Paul Uhlmann
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Mark Johnson’s embodied mind thesis (2007) makes a case for aesthetics as being the most important philosophy for the 21st century. If this is the case, then art schools become even more important to the advancement of knowledge; however economic reforms clearly place traditional art schools under enormous pressure. These two points provide a background for considering two ongoing projects as flexible models for embodied learning – the Jimmy Pike Scholarship, which is an annual artist-in- residency programme for Aboriginal artists, and the Third Space Project which is an ongoing International exchange programme between Edith Cowan University and University of …