Skolekonsertene og skolekonteksten: Mellom verkorientering og kunstdidaktikk

Abstract

ABSTRACT Visiting concerts in schools – between work-orientation and art didactics. This article discusses if and how heteronomic aesthetic practices, aesthetic learning practices and relational pedagogy can form a new rationale for visiting concerts in Norwegian schools. A recent dissertation discovers that quality conceptions in Norwegian professional visiting concerts in schools follow an artwork-oriented paradigm, by valuing the contemplative experiences of the audience higher than their possible actions and participation. Institutional and discursive frames support the work-oriented view of artistic quality by defining the event as the sole provider of quality. A work-oriented conception of quality, however, encounters problems in the school context, because pupils and teachers seem to need the concerts to be more contextually interwoven in everyday school life to create meaning. Keywords: Relational art, relational pedagogy, visiting concerts in schools, art didactic practices, performance structures