Connelly, L., & Joseph-Salisbury, R. (2019). Teaching Grenfell: The Role of Emotions in Teaching and Learning for Social Change. Sociology, 53(6), 1026–1042. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038519841826
The article describes the experience of 24 students of Sociology classes on the Grenfell Tower fire. Contrary to the Western education system that popularizes rationality and managing ‘appropriate’ emotions, Connelly and Joseph-Salisbury describe how exploring discomforting emotions can instigate action.
Bruce, K. (n.d.). Playing with Discomfort: How GoMA promotes its human rights responsibility.
The Gallery of Moden Art (GoMA) in Glasgow, Scotland is actively enacting a policy for ‘Art and Social Inclusion Exhibitions.’ Through a diverse range of exhibitions and projects, GoMA exemplifies how they work with communities, challenge power structures and kickstart art interventions to create a more inclusive public program.
Hochtritt, L., Ahlschwede, W., Halsey‐Dutton, B., Fiesel, L., Chevalier, L., Miller, T., & Farrar, C. (2018). Public pedagogy and social justice in arts education. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 37(2), 287-299.
Public pedagogy is defined as being a space of learning outside of school. The article connects public pedagogy to social justice education, in that both depend on lived experience, necessitate a process of reflection and action, and critique power structures.
Feuvre, L. L. (2010). Failure. London: Whitechapel Gallery.
This is a fantastic compilation of articles, poems, and writings about failure in the arts. What particularly stood out for me is:
“The most extreme form of failure occurs when standards are so high, and their satisfaction so unlikely, that the likelihood of success becomes almost fictional.” -Joel Fisher, p. 118, 1987
“Failure when recognized is never so serious as when it isn’t recognized. A balance is restored. We could even say that an acknowledged failure does not exist.” -Joel Fisher, p. 121, 1987
Failure also details the work of Annika Ström, who represents failure through shaky videos and sad song lyrics. She plays with the aesthetics of failure and imperfection as being individual and shared experience.