EXPECT_Art Summer School
Are you a master student (or are you going to be a master student in the Fall of 2025) and would you like to join the EXPECT_Art summer school?
The summer school is on cultural literacy in education with a focus on decolonizing the curriculum in arts education, education through arts and uses of arts in education. The aim is to view cultural literacy critically from the perspective of a diverse society and understand literacy with a focus on the cultural and artistic expressions of minoritized and marginalized youth. The programme will explore the potential for a critical cultural literacy in different formats in a mutual sharing of experiences between participants, the course instructors and experts. The focus on critical cultural literacy, decolonization and (arts) education will be reflected in the format of the summer school, combining lectures, workshops and excursions in different forms.
EXPECT_Art Summer School: Critical, cultural literacy, decolonization and (arts) education
Date: August : 8-14, 2025 (August 8 is day arrival and August 14 is day of departure)
Venue for accommodation and summer school activities: The International Youth Meeting Centre in Krzyżowa, Poland.
Theme of the summer school
The summer school is on cultural literacy in education with a focus on decolonizing the curriculum in arts education, education through arts and uses of arts in education. The aim is to view cultural literacy critically, i.e. to investigate hegemonic cultural narratives from the perspective of a diverse society and understand literacy with a focus on the cultural and artistic expressions of minoritized and marginalized youth. The programme will explore the potential for a critical cultural literacy in different formats in a mutual sharing of experiences between participants, the course instructors and experts.
Format of the summer school
The focus on critical cultural literacy, decolonization and (arts) education will be reflected in the format of the summer school, combining lectures, workshops and excursions in different forms. The summer school is a pilot for future summer schools and consequently, there will be space for the participants to exercise their influence on the format for this summer and future summer schools.
Who we are
EXPECT_Art (EXPloring and Educating Cultural literacy Through Art) is a research project funded by the EU Horizon programme. The project utilizes an approach to cultural literacy that is informed by critical pedagogy and decolonial theory. This is operationalized by a community-based research design, including art-based methodologies, involving children, teachers and citizens directly as research participants. The purpose is to identify current barriers and potentials for promoting critical cultural literacy by means of arts education, education through arts and uses of arts in education within and across different educational contexts in Europe, and to generate and activate knowledge on how to enhance critical cultural literacy and understanding among European citizens.
Application
Students who can apply for attending the summer schools are master students from either an EPICUR partner university or from a university or other higher education institution in the partner countries of the EXPECT_Art project, i.e. Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia or Spain.
There is a limited number of 30 seats in total at the summer school, which will be equally offered to applicants from EPICUR partner universities and from EXPECT_Art partner countries of the project, i.e. Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia or Spain.
Students at a EPICUR partner institution or students studying in EXPECT_Art partner countries can apply by filling out the registration.
Application form is available HERE.
More information about the summer school is on the website of SDU.
