Cyborg Pedagogy: Performing Resistance in the Digital Age

Old World Teaching Meets the New Digital Cultural Creatives

“…Writings in the art education literature describe how classroom utilisation of computer technologies increases interactivity between teachers, between teachers and students, and among students (Koos & Smith-Shank 1996;Keifer-Boyd 1997;Carpenter & Taylor 2003). Art education scholars maintain that multi-media and Internet technologies enrich artistic production and aesthetic inquiry (Hubbard 1989;Keifer-Boyd 1996), contribute to the examination of postmodern conceptions of art (Efland et al 1996); and suggest ways to engage students in consideration of philosophical, sociological and political dimensions of the technology revolution (Garoian & Gaudelius 2001;Freedman 2003). Some formulations support a visual culture oriented art programme of study that engages visual constructions and productions beyond the realm of fine art or traditional craft (Duncum 2004).…”

Thinking through Bodies: Bodied Encounters and the Process of Meaning Making in an E-Mail Generated Art Project

“…It is an embodied materiality that is uncontrollable and undetermined. Borrowing Katherine Hayles characterization of the body in virtual space as a "flickering signifier," Garoian and Gaudelius (2001) are compelled to argue that it is the un/expected that constitutes an embodied critical pedagogy. They write:…”

Para-Sights: Multiplied Perspectives on Surveillance Research in Art Educational Spaces

“…I added to their meaning, drawing connections between biological and technological networks of vision in the classroom. This project was influenced by my own experiences with digital technologies in the art classroom, as well as the writings of art educators Garoian and Gaudelius (2001), who proposed the notion of a 'cyborg pedagogy' that draws from performance art theory to critique the relationship between art educators and developing technologies. 14 While educational spaces have always been infused with various technologies, and monitored through a variety of methods, recent events such as the placement of surveillance cameras in every classroom in Biloxi, Mississippi have raised questions concerning the civil liberties of students, teachers, and staff alike (CNN, 2003).…”