The Grounded Aesthetics in Everyday Lives: Theater as a site for critical pedagogy

Abstract

美學的文化指涉著廣範的意義、事件與實行─美學並不只是透過文學、藝術與音樂發生而已，因為這些形態只是文化型貌的一部分而已。本文的焦點關切著在教育場域裡紮根美學的實行，這種動態美學實行的可能形式。特別之處在於本文使用劇場的概念作為例子，討論紮根美學、批判教育學與日常生活實行之問的關連。透過（受壓迫者）劇場，我們可以見證到社會─文化秩序與政治實踐，結構性相互影響的可能性。因此，在劇場裡，觀眾可以持續地辯論與分析相關的議題。換句話說，這正是一種彰權益能與美學實行的過程，特別地這樣的過程強烈連結到日常生活經驗的領域，而非抽象的範疇。

Aesthetic culture refers to a wide range of meanings, events, and practices-which do not merely occur through literature, art and music which is simply one modal formation of culture. Thus, this paper focuses on the possible formation of grounded aesthetic practice in educational field. In particular, this paper will use the concept of theater as an example to discuss the relationship among grounded aesthetic, critical pedagogy and practice in everyday lives. Through the theater, we might witness the possibility of the structural interplay of socio-cultural orders and political practices. Thus, in the theater, audiences constantly debate and analyze the relevant issues. In other words, this is the process of empowerment and aesthetic practice which strongly link to the realm of everyday experience.