Aesthetic Learning, and Learning Through the Aesthetic

Abstract

The aesthetic is at the heart of all our work in theatre and drama, yet it remains a term that eludes definition, and perhaps rightly so. The art of drama and theatre is complex, culturally situated, and forever renegotiating the expectations and boundaries of previous work. That which excites or moves us in the art is also complex, culturally situated, and escaping definition through words. But because it eludes firm definition does not mean it is not important to consider, describe, and attempt to understand, particularly so because as teachers and community workers we often talk about ‘aesthetic learning’ as something that is not only particular to the arts in education but also of significant value.

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