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Vizualinė kultūra ir jos diskursai meno edukacijos kontekstuose
Visual Culture Discourses in the Contexts of Art Education

Author(s): Edita Musneckienė
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Keywords: Postmodernism; visual culture; art education; aesthetic education; multicultural art education; sociocultural art education.

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses actual discourses of art (visual) culture w­hich come to prominence in the newest researches on contemporary art culture, studies of art and education studies. The discourses are analysed as the aspects of culture, they encompass a broad view of certain art and education phenomena, processes and values that take place in the cultural environment. The article presents a theoretical analysis of the conception of the most topical discourses. The shift of art education researches in the recent decade is evident, varying and dynamic, starting with interest in social aspects, multicultural education, manifestation of the media arts and new technologies and finally passing on to the development of visual culture, which expands the limits of the traditional understanding of art education.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 36-50
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English