Know Thyself: The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves

Fowler, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-4231 (2024) Know Thyself: The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. In: National Association for Fine Art Education NAFAE Annual Conference: The Art of Resistance, 4 September 2024, University of the Arts, Canterbury, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Taking as its starting point the doctoral research project PREFAB: Making Political Art Politically, this presentation reports on the interim findings of the Know Thyself Project currently used as pedagogical line-through within the BA (Hons) Fine Art programme at University of Cumbria.

This paper explores a pedagogical theory-in-method for a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree rooted in Antonio Gramsci’s concept of the ‘inventory of traces’. This framework suggests that education should help students explore and critically analyse the social, cultural, and historical influences embedded in their lives, which shape their perspectives and practices. By encouraging students to create an ‘inventory of traces’ as part of their artistic development, educators can foster critical awareness, cultural literacy, and personal agency in the formation of individual artistic voices. This approach offers an adaptable structure for engaging students in Fine Art education, allowing them to navigate and reinterpret cultural narratives in ways that enhance both their critical and creative capacities.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Departments:	Institute of Arts > Fine and Applied Arts
Depositing User:	Martin Fowler
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2024 14:09
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2024 13:45
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8413

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