On transpedagogy Recent experiments at the intersection of art and pedagogy Melinda Evelyn Reid A thesis in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2018 University of New South Wales School of Art & Design Faculty of Art & Design Thesis/Dissertation-Sheet- ! !! Surname/Family-Name- :" Reid" Given-Name/s- :" Melinda"Evelyn" Abbreviation-for-degree-as-give-in-the-University-calendar- :" PhD" Faculty- :" Faculty"of"Art"&"Design" School- :" School"of"Art"&"Design" On"transpedagogy:"Recent"experiments"at"the"intersection"of"art"and" Thesis-Title- :" pedagogy" - Abstract"350"words"maximum:"(PLEASE"TYPE)" Transpedagogy-is-a-contemporary-transdisciplinary-practice-that-combines-aspects-of-socially-engaged-art-with-elements- of-radical-educational-practices.-The-results-of-this-practice-are-often-temporary-alternative-learning-centres-facilitated-by- artists,-curators,-or-collectives.-These-projects-frequently-involve-collaboration-or-cooperation-with-a-preDexisting- community-or-one-drawn-together-by-the-transpedagogical-project-itself.- I-understand-transpedagogy-as-a-potentially-intersectional-feminist-practice-in-its-departure-from-educational-norms-that- contribute-to-oppressive-circumstances.-Transpedagogical-projects-regularly-rely-on-modes-of-sharing-and-developing- knowledge-that-reject-the-key-features-of-neoliberalised-education.-Instead-of-prioritising-heavily-managed,-vocational,- and-profitable-training-regimes,-transpedagogies-tend-to-embrace-modes-of-knowledge-production-that-are-without- explicit-usefulness-or-marketability.-This-often-includes-socially-engaged-and-cooperative-modes-of-learning-designed-to- explore-ideas-with-critical,-communityDbuilding,-or-ambiguous-purposes.- In-my-thesis,-I-argue-that-transpedagogical-projects-inhabit-an-interesting-liminal-space-that-is-both-art-and-education.- This-is-a-space-that-can-facilitate-affective-social-encounters-with-knowledge,-often-to-urge-critical-engagement-with- social-issues.-I-analyse-three-examples-of-transpedagogical-works-that-have-recently-taken-place-in-Australia-in-this- thesis:-SongDMing-Ang’s-Guilty'Pleasures'(2007D),'Keg-de-Souza’s-Redfern:'School'of'Displacement'(2016),-and-Kelly- Doley’s-The'Learning'Centre:'Two'Feminists'(2012).- - Declaration-relating-to-disposition-of-project-thesis/dissertation- - I-hereby-grant-to-the-University-of-New-South-Wales-or-its-agents-the-right-to-archive-and-to-make-available-my-thesis-or-dissertation-in-whole-or-in-part- in-the-University-libraries-in-all-forms-of-media,-now-or-here-after-known,-subject-to-the-provisions-of-the-Copyright-Act-1968.-I-retain-all-property-rights,- such-as-patent-rights.-I-also-retain-the-right-to-use-in-future-works-(such-as-articles-or-books)-all-or-part-of-this-thesis-or-dissertation.- - I-also-authorise-University-Microfilms-to-use-the-350-word-abstract-of-my-thesis-in-Dissertation-Abstracts-International-(this-is-applicable-to-doctoral- theses-only).- " " " " ……….……………………...…….…" --------------------------------Signature! -------------------------------Witness-Signature! ------------------------Date! 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I am deeply thankful to a number of people who have cared for me and helped me shape my thesis over the last few years: Astrid Lorange, Gay McDonald, and Tim Gregory (who have all taught me much more than this thesis contains); Samuel Johnson and Lyndal Keevers (proof-readers par excellence and QC confidantes); Alexandra Mitchell, Monica Hyde, and Katie Purnell (support and hugs); Annie Murney, Gem Antonelli, Nesh Mora, Tai Mitsuji, Em Galicek, Natalya Hughes, and Nick Shearer (arty comrades); Lachlan Ford, Sophie Beland, Michael Tran, Dylan Kelly, Risa Nagel, Theo Grey, Nico Berger, Jess Hallet-Hook, Ernest Cheng, Alex Parsons, and Mama Kay (for a beautiful year among mountains); Ellen Spadon, Laura Wingrove, Harrison Fleming, Olivia Bandler-Llewellyn, Annaliese Griffith-Jones, Maigen Lilley, Scott Southam, Sinéad MacLaughlin, Sean Smith, Sam Bowles, Chantelle Coluccio, Chris Holobrodjski, Ali Nooriafashar, Louise Reincastle, and Adrian Walthew (for company, coffees, and skype calls); Kelly Doley, Keg de Souza, Song-Ming Ang, and Margaret Montoya (for generosity at crucial moments); Robin Bowles Reid, Don Reid, Natalie Reid, Amelia Reid, and Margaret Bowles (my home regardless