Art education and peace: exploring the empathetic object‐ive

Johnston, J, Bagelman, C, Wylie, M, Paez, Y ORCID: 0000-0003-0778-5181, Arya‐Manesh, E and Penketh, C (2026) 'Art education and peace: exploring the empathetic object‐ive.' The International Journal of Art & Design Education, 44 (4). pp. 948-967.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.70003

Abstract

This paper was developed as a conversation piece, based on the various presentations and conversations that happened in and around the iJADE conference that took place in November 2024 at Liverpool Hope University (UK). We reconvened as a group more than 8 months later in September 2025, continuing our dialogue in an attempt to capture something of the significance of the issues raised through the conference and to reflect on the meaning of peace for art educators in our current context. Our thoughts are represented here as discrete entries or monologues that address our own understanding of peace and its disruptors, yet these reflect our quiet listening as we attended to each other's attempts at sense-making around the themes of peace, conflict and the nature and potentialities of the empathetic object. The paper exemplifies the use of the empathetic object-ive introduced by John Johnston, as a means of engaging with the complexities of peace education for art educators.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: School of Education
Research Centres and Groups: Centre for Policy, Pedagogy and Practice (PPP)
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2026 19:30
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2026 19:31
ISSN: 1476-8062
URN: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/17591
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