Journal article

Publication year: 2010

Pages: 309-326

Journal: International Journal of Education through Art

Volume number: 6

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 1743-5234

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1386/eta.6.3.309_1

Publisher: Intellect

Abstract: 
The Images & Identity research project, which is funded by the European Union, develops materials that can be used for the multidisciplinary teaching within the subjects of Citizenship Education and Art Education. On the basis of a project in a class of year 9 German high-school pupils focusing on the issue of Freedom and Dignity, this article examines the extent to which art education can act as creative work on identity. Joseph Beuys once stated: Everyone is an artist. In this comment, he refers to every individual's ability to shape their own life. In order to do so, the individual needs to comprehensively train his/her creative abilities. Is art, in connection with reflected knowledge and individual creation, able to advance the development of such abilities? If so, does this give rise to the prospect of art as an alternative principle of education and learning?

Harvard Citation style: Buschkühle, C. (2010) Freedom and dignity : identity through creation, International Journal of Education through Art, 6(3), pp. 309-326. https://doi.org/10.1386/eta.6.3.309_1

APA Citation style: Buschkühle, C. (2010). Freedom and dignity : identity through creation. International Journal of Education through Art. 6(3), 309-326. https://doi.org/10.1386/eta.6.3.309_1