The Arts of Education and Education in the Arts in Late-Capitalist Times

an Introduction

Abstract

The place of art in society is hotly debated. This also applies to the question of the role of art in education and education in the arts in times of change. This of course includes questions about the future of art schools and art education itself. But there is more, such as the demand for a broad basic education and access to the arts for all, the role of education in safeguarding the arts in the future, and the inspiration from the arts to think creatively about other forms of living together with human and non-human inhabitants. In this issue we want to shed some light on these questions. This not least against the background of current challenges (e.g. ecological catastrophes, migration movements, growing inequalities, etc.). Our aim is twofold: to rethink the role of the arts in education beyond instrumentalization and, at the same time, to ask about the significance of education in safeguarding the future of the arts.