The Cat, the Cradle, and the Silver Spoon: Violence in Contemporary Art and the Question of Ethics for Art Education

Tavin, Kevin; Kallio-Tavin, Mira

doi:10.1080/00393541.2014.11518950

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“…For Levinas (1969Levinas ( /2008, whose work I have found to be the most meaningful ethical approach for art education, ethics toward the other means to be opened to the other's infinity, the radical alterity of the other's otherness, which is always beyond one's own comprehension (Levinas, 1969(Levinas, /2008. This is particularly present in a face-to-face encountering with the other (Levinas, 1985(Levinas, /2009Tavin & Kallio-Tavin, 2014). In contrast to other philosophers, who have often viewed ethics as a practical matter (and therefore secondary) rather than a question of existence (and therefore secondary), Levinas placed ethics "prior" to epistemology and ontology.…”

Section: Nonhuman Animals In Humanism and Contemporary Artmentioning

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Art Education Beyond Anthropocentricism: The Question of Nonhuman Animals in Contemporary Art and Its Education

Kallio-Tavin

2020

Studies in Art Education

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In this article, I explore human relationships to nonhuman animals through posthumanism, contemporary art, and critical animal studies (CAS), offering perspectives for contemporary art education beyond anthropocentricism. I investigate the question of human-nonhuman animal relationships by discussing the ideas of posthumanism and speciesism as forms of discrimination, similar to other forms of oppression. Challenging the grounds of discrimination leads to a better understanding of human relationships with nonhuman lives. Given the environmental, ecological, ethical, and social justice concerns of our current times, I argue that posthumanism and CAS offer a specific entry point for contemporary art education theory and practice. Humanist understanding and superiority over nonhuman animals are problematized through discussing artwork by four artists. The discussion concentrates on how art education might become an important site through which to challenge the issues of animal subjection and human relationships with the other inhabitants of this planet.

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Section: Nonhuman Animals In Humanism and Contemporary Artmentioning

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“…Human emotions are evoked because we are looking at images of monkeys, a species so close to our own. Perhaps through that closeness, they bring the Levinasian faceto-face encountering between human and nonhuman animals (Tavin & Kallio-Tavin, 2014). The images reflect human fear, sadness, and terror.…”

Section: Nonhuman Animals In Humanism and Contemporary Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Art Education Beyond Anthropocentricism: The Question of Nonhuman Animals in Contemporary Art and Its Education

Kallio-Tavin

2020

Studies in Art Education

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“…The first commentaries are from Kevin Tavin and David Pariser, respectively. Pariser critiques Tavin and Kallio- Tavin's (2014) article from Studies in Art Education 56 (1). In his response to Pariser, Tavin writes:…”

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confidence: 99%