Aug 2026· The Journal of Aesthetic Education· Vol 60, pp. 1 - 22· 2 citations· 48 references
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Abstract:In this article, I call for a return to Plato’s conception of “education of the soul” through a new pedagogical framework, Represencing, that engages the transformative capacities of aesthetic experience. Philosophically grounded in the work of William James, John Dewey, and Maxine Greene, Re-presencing is a ritualized practice of heightened consciousness and deep inquiry with an artwork (repeatedly over time) about the past, the present, and possible futures. In Re-presencing, we are present with an artwork (mindful awareness and attention to perception), present to experience (and the cognitive emotions therein), and present for inquiry (self-cultivation) and growth—forming and expanding the self with, in, and through aesthetic experience. Our longitudinal relationship with the work of art (through ritualized engagement) allows the object to become a historical marker of past experiences and a threshold of possibility as we become increasingly wide-awake to ourselves, the world around us, and the mystical and mysterious beyond.
This article examines a context that is critical for understanding contemporary transformations in socio-cultural reality, with a particular focus on broadly understood educational practice. Specifically, it addresses dehumanization, and more precisely, the variant which may be called self-dehumanization. The analysis...
Krzysztof Maliszewski· Nauki o Wychowaniu Studia In...· 0 citations
The Anthropocene may be an inescapable trap—one unwittingly shaped by human ways of relating to self, others, and the more-than-human world. While dominant discourses surrounding this epoch often evoke fear, apocalypse, or blame, how might it also invite us, as humans, into an opportunity for more holistic and contempl...
Jennifer L. Schneider· Journal of Contemplative and...· 1 citation
It is demonstrated how gestures-in-the-machine can serve as socio-political signifiers, leveraging performance activism, telematic events, and civic tech initiatives to spark meaningful action.
Why does Aquinas go to the movies and what does all of this have to do with education? In order to shed light on this productive confusion, I shall explore Thomas Aquinas’ medieval notion of divine poiesis not merely as a theological or metaphysical intrusion of the pedagogical field, but as a model and metaphor that...
Katja Frimberger· Studies in the Philosophy of...· 0 citations
This paper explores Anjum Hasan’s The Cosmopolitans (2016) as a narrative that configures modern subjectivity via fragmentation, absence, and deferred desire. Transcending descriptive accounts, the paper underscores that these conditions are produced through narrative form and key moments within the text. Concentrating...
Shyamdev, N. Hooda· ShodhGyan-NU: Journal of Lit...· 0 citations
This heartfelt retrospective autoethnography explores a personal episode of adolescence through the lens of ritual, memory, and symbolic interaction. At the age of 14, after returning to Italy following years abroad, I found myself on the margins of a gang of boys whose shared language, stories, and music represented t...
