Summary: Carter's article is about how aesthetics is understood and taught in urban education. It concludes by saying that the teaching of aesthetics in urban education is better understood if tied to lived experiences within the urban environment; The people, spaces, and objects in their everyday experiences become treasured embodiments of beauty. Aesthetics, a tool of critical inquiry, can provide a nontraditional framework for teaching concepts of beauty and value to an urban student.
Quotes: "Aesthetics helps the urban student to observe connections and respond with a clear view of responsibility and understanding to the environment. The reflection of the student in relation to the work of art will raise the student's awareness of the subject matter. The aesthetic distance is short and the reflection is clear."
"The path between expression and experience becomes the new 'truth' that is beauty."
"The basis of this inquiry is to address the aesthetic as a key that connects fundamental knowledge production to the lived experience."
Response: I think that Carter's article clearly defined what aesthetics is and how we can use what we see everyday to teach it to students. The part of the article that made aesthetics most clear was when Carter broke it down into conceptual and formal approaches. Conceptual aesthetics concerns itself with the nature of truth, beauty, value, and taste; constructions of social interaction and change. Formal aesthetics focuses on the rules of composition and visual principles and elements. I think that it was really interesting how Carter used hip hop music, graffiti, and style as an urban comparison of aesthetic quality. Using these examples shows how we can be influenced aesthetically by our surroundings/adapt and use what we know as a basis for teaching aesthetics in the classroom.
LINK TO Roymieco A. Carter (2007) "Can Aesthetics Be Taught In Urban Education?": http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/55775319?access_key=key 1seuk1yqwd1azaxkwh1z
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