1st Edition

Cultural Awareness in Teaching Art and Design

Edited By Kirsty Macari Copyright 2024
132 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

132 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

132 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Cultural Awareness in Teaching Art and Design addresses an emerging area of development in contemporary pedagogy, the fostering of cultural awareness and sensitivity in the designers of tomorrow. By offering new and unique examples of how to better educate students around issues of cultural awareness, this book presents teaching methodologies that ultimately facilitate students in becoming... Read more

1. Introduction: Cultural Relevance and Empathy through Experiential Learning

Kirsty Macari

2. Multi-Modes of Erasure: An Analysis of the Art History and Visual Culture Curriculum

Mbali Khoza

3. The Cultural Object, Empathy, and Pedagogy

Keni Segal And Jonathan Ventura

4. Sensory Type: From Motivation to Activation

Minjee Jeon

5. Yame City: Cinema and Intangible Cultural Heritage through the Experience of Modernity

Sarah Mills

6. The Relationship of Community and Commerce in Forming the Identity of Place

Lisa Phillips

7. Conclusion

Biography

Kirsty Macari is the Co-Head of Undergraduate Programmes in DJCAD at the University of Dundee, which includes Architecture, Urban Planning and Contemporary Art Practice.  Kirsty studied Town and Regional Planning and Urban Design combined with significant experience of public and private sector practice, across Planning and Economic Development before joining the University of Dundee. She is the Depute Chair and a Board Member of Architecture & Design Scotland and Depute Chair of the Planning Schools Forum. Her research interests are focussed on design thinking within built environment professions and practice-based learning.