Art embodied and disembodied : expression, representation, and reflection
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posted on 2009-01-01, 00:00authored byJ Deans, J O'Toole, Jo RaphaelJo Raphael, S Young
In this chapter a group of writers from very diverse academic backgrounds deal with the embodied and disembodied arts - from an exploration of dance with preschool children to the use of the webblog for eleven and twelve year olds to reflect on the creation of a group performance about how to change the world. The Deans & Young case study takes the reader into the world of the preschooler and the delicate craft of the dance and drama teachers who guide their small dancers through myriad choreographic and conceptual tasks in their pursuit of kinaesthetic learning. Jo Raphael allow the young bloggers to speak from themselves in her case study. How to Change the World. Through the voices of the Year 6 students, Jo raises the critical question of how to build meaningful reflection into the arts-making process, and suggests that for the current generation of 'cyber-natives', the digital world offers many great possibilities. Theory concerning forms of expression and representation in the embodies and digital world is also discussed.
History
Chapter number
10
Pagination
160-192
ISBN-13
9780195560565
Language
eng
Publication classification
B1 Book chapter
Extent
13
Editor/Contributor(s)
Sinclair C, Jeanneret N, O'Toole J
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Place of publication
South Melbourne, Vic.
Title of book
Education in the arts : teaching and learning in the contemporary curriculum