Aesthetics and education: Rosa, Rancière, and the aesthetics of teaching
Johannes Rytzler (Mälardalen University)

The aim of the session is to explore the aesthetic elements of teaching through Hartmut Rosa´s sociology of resonance (2016/2019) and Jacques Rancière’s (1991, 1999, 2004) discussions on aesthetics, politics, and education. While the aesthetics of resonance concerns the transformative relation between an individual subject and the world, the aesthetics of teaching concerns a specific public context in which such transformations are expected to take place. As such, teaching contains existential, ethical, and educational dimensions that are not fully covered in the concept of resonance, something that will be the focus of the session.

Johannes Rytzler is an associate professor of education at Mälardalen university, Sweden. His research interests can be found within the areas of educational theory and philosophy. His doctoral dissertation was a study of the concept of attention and its relation to education. His current research focuses on the aesthetic dimensions of teaching practice. Links: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johannes-Rytzler/research