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Adult Education in Art Galleries

Helene Illeris

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Adult educationTransformative learningAestheticsNeoliberalism (international relations)Lifelong learningSociologySocial criticismContemporary artVisual arts

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Since I began researching adult education in art galleries 20 years ago in Europe, I have noticed two conflicting trends. Contemporary art has become more extraverted and socially engaged, whilst lifelong learning, the discourse of neoliberalism that informs most policy, has become increasingly focused on providing learners with predefined competencies and pushed for ‘measurable’ results (e.g. Pedersen, 2014; Illeris, 2015).

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-687-3_19