The Routledge Companion to Decolonizing Art, Craft, and Visual Culture Education

This companion book showcases how art, craft, and visual culture education can activate social imagination and action for equity and justice. It offers arts-engaged, intersectional perspectives on decolonization in the contemporary art world, combining current scholarship with practical strategies and insights from global communities. Chapters explore decolonial methods, theories, and strategies in research, artmaking, and pedagogy, with resources for further engagement. The book is aimed at scholars, practitioners, K-12 teachers, artist educators, and teaching artists in art education, studio art, and art history.

Format: Hardback
Length: 408 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This companion is a groundbreaking exploration of the transformative power of art, craft, and visual culture education in fostering social imagination and action that is driven by equity and justice. Through a rich blend of visual and traditional essays, this book offers arts-engaged, intersectional perspectives on decolonization in the contemporary art world, transcending disciplinary boundaries.

The chapters in this book, organized into three sections (creative shorts, enacted encounters, and ruminative research), feature a diverse array of authors who address a range of themes, including histories, space and land, mind and body, and the digital realm. These chapters highlight and illustrate how artists, educators, and researchers engage with decolonial methods, theories, and strategies in their research, artmaking, and pedagogical practices. Each chapter includes thought-provoking discursive questions and valuable resources for further exploration of the topics at hand.

This book is designed to appeal to scholars and practitioners in art education, studio art, and art history, as well as K-12 art teachers, artist educators, and teaching artists working in museums and communities. It provides valuable insights and practical strategies for promoting decolonial practices and fostering a more inclusive and equitable art world.

Weight: 1108g
Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032040158