Birgit Shaffar (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Camilla Kronqvist (Abo Akademi, Finland)
Is there a place for ‘place’ in an educational theory of Bildung?

Bildung has been a catalyst for educational theories about the human relation to the material and social world. Nevertheless, the tradition of Bildung has treated the material world mainly as restricting and adversarial. After discussing Hegel’s and Humboldt’s conceptions of human formation, we argue that the subject-world relation can be perceived as supportive and dialogical. In light of the movement analyses of Laban and Bartenieff, we suggest that becoming and belonging in the world necessarily involve functional and expressive elements, where the subject’s expressive movement of freedom and intention is balanced by their trustful resting in a concrete place.

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