Exploring the transformative potential of collaborative art projects on the Stellenbosch University campus
Date
2015
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UNISA Press
Abstract
this article explores the potential of visual art projects in negotiating social
transformation within the context of a South African higher education institution
(HeI). the experiences of students and staff involved in three collaborative
visual art projects initiated at Stellenbosch University (SU), Stellenbosch, South
Africa from 2013 to 2014 were explored through interviews, observations and
reflective writing. It was found that through harnessing the medium of art as
critical dialogic tool operating amidst the embedded differences and divides
of the past, institutional culture can be re-imagined and aspects of critical citizenship, particularly tolerance of difference and democracy, can be realised
within the collective university community. In conclusion, it is suggested that
visual art projects of this kind seem to have the potential to access what Bhabha
(1995) terms the ‘third Space’ and to facilitate transformative learning. It can
play a valuable part in negotiating social transformation in South African higher
education.
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CITATION: Costandius, E. & Perold, K. 2015. Exploring the transformative potential of collaborative art projects on the Stellenbosch University campus. South African Journal of Higher Education, 29(6):206–225, doi:10.20853/29-6-534.
The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe
The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe
Keywords
Art -- Study and teaching, Education, Higher -- South Africa
Citation
Costandius, E. & Perold, K. 2015. Exploring the transformative potential of collaborative art projects on the Stellenbosch University campus. South African Journal of Higher Education, 29(6):206–225, doi:10.20853/29-6-534.