Frederik Pio

Musings of Heidegger. Arts Education and the Mall as a ‘Debased’ (Dreyfus) Work of Art

The article starts by investigating the phenomenology of artworks using Heidegger’s notion of Seinsgeschichte (history-of-being) as a point of departure. Three different architectural structures from different epochs are juxtaposed (the temple, the cathedral, and the mall). The readings of these three structures are used as a prism to arrive at an interpretation of what we are currently in the process of becoming in our relation to artworks in general. From here the article moves on to discuss such themes as commitment, truth and school culture in the way such categories can currently be disclosed in an arts education context. Connecting such diverse categories as The Acropolis, St. John the Baptist and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit with the theme of teacher authenticity, the article offers a fresh account of the challenges currently being faced within the broad field of arts education.

Introduction. An Ontological Turn in the Field of Music and Music Education

In the article Heidegger’s ontological approach to phenomenology is introduced. This is done with special reference to the notion of being (Sein) in its relation to music, art and education. The structure of the book as well as the authors and their contributions are presented.