Who's who

BEd, MA, PhD

Keywords

Art, philosophy, critical theory, education

Research interests

The arts & pedagogy of practice: Arts pedagogy | philosophy of education | radical philosophies and aesthetics in education | critical theory | the arts in education | pedagogical aesthetics | education and the cultural-creative industries | visual methods in the arts | the Art & Design School.

Ccontextual & critical theory: 20th century and contemporary arts practices | critical & visual theory | new visual media and convergent languages in the arts | discourses and methods of the virtual | arts-based methodologies.

Aesthetics & politics: Philosophy of art and music | Mediterranean aesthetics | radical aesthetics in the wake of Modernity and ‘postmodernity' | the politics of aesthetics | the cultural/creative industries | semiotics and visual hermeneutics.

Recent outputs

Books

• Baldacchino, J. 2010. Makings of the Sea: Journey, Doubt and Nostalgia | On Mediterranean Aesthetics. Volume 1 (Gorgias Press, 2010).
• Baldacchino, J. 2009. Education Beyond Education: Self and the imaginary in Maxine Greene's philosophy (Peter Lang) (ISBN-10: 1433103567; ISBN-13: 978-1433103568)

Journal articles

• Baldacchino, J. 2011. ‘Relative Ignorance': Lingua and linguaggio in Gramsci's concept of a formative aesthetic as a concern for power. In D. R. Cole, L.J. Graham (Eds.), The Power In/Of Language. A special edition of Educational Philosophy & Theory.
• Baldacchino, J. 2009. What lies beyond the Bauhaus?: The political ‘logics' of college art pedagogy. Australia Art Education, 32(1).
• Baldacchino, J. 2009. Opening the picture: On the political responsibility of arts-based research. International Journal for Education and the Arts, 10.
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. The praxis of art's deschooled practice. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 27(3).
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. "The Power To Develop Dispositions": Revisiting John Dewey's Democratic Claims For Education. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 42 (1).
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. Art after beauty: values before standards. Analecta Husserliana vol. XCVII.
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. Between The Ironic And The Irenic: Is happiness «suspended» in contemporary art? Analecta Husserliana vol. XCVI.

Book chapters

• Baldacchino, J. 2010. Asymptotes: On the paradox of a supplemented omission. In Diggle, Jeremy. Apoll8. [Read Online]
• Baldacchino, J. 2010. Mill-ghazla ghall-helsien. Milani, l-imghallem li jghallem. [From Choice to Freedom. Milani, the master who teaches.] In Borg Carmel (ed.) Milani. Bejn il bierah u llum. [Milani. Between now and then]. (Valletta, Malta. Horizons Publications).
• Baldacchino, J. 2009. Learning with art, outwith the school: Stumbling upon Adami's lines, inside Serra's sequence. In Theoretical Perspectives on Comprehensive Education: The Way Forward. Hervé Varenne, Edmund W. Gordon, and Linda Lin (eds.). (Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press).
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. Salvaging what ‘we' never lost. Art, site and the virtual in the Maltese imaginary. In Cross-Currents: Critical Essays on Art and Culture in Malta. Raphael Vella (ed.). (Allied Publishers, Valletta)

Book reviews

• Baldacchino, J. 2008. Review of Charles R. Garoian & Yvonne M. Gaudelius, Spectacle Pedagogy: Art, Politics, and Visual Culture (SUNY 2008). International Journal of Art & Design Education, 27(3).
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. Review of Richard Hickman, Why We Make Art And Why It Is Taught. Teachers College Record, June 10. [Read online]
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. Review of Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor & Richard Siegesmund (eds.) Arts-Based Research in Education: Foundations for Practice (Routledge 2008). International Journal of Art & Design Education 27(2).

Essays on artists

• Baldacchino, J. 2011. A Poetics of Timefulness: Gao Jun's Art and the Trope of Duration. In Chinese Photography, 1(379). January. Chinese Photography Press, Beijing. (Translated and published in Chinese). [Read online] [Original English version]
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. The Parable of Possibility. Catalogue Essay in Richard Jochum: Intersections & Interstices, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, November.
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. Immanent Exteriors. A brief reflection on Martha MacLeish's art. Catalogue Essay in Martha McLeish: Surface Structures, Indiana University.
• Baldacchino, J. 2008. Formal vindications of informal meanings / Reivindicaciones formales de significados informales. Catalogue Essay in Mary Sullivan & Boris Curatolo: Wood Meets Paper, New York and Madrid.

Selected earlier outputs

Books

• Baldacchino, J. 2002. Avant-Nostalgia: An excuse to pause. Images by Jeremy Diggle. Unit for the Study of Philosophy in Art (USOPIA) Series, published under the auspices of the European League for the Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), Aberdeen. (ISBN 1 901 085 708).
• Baldacchino, J. 1998. Easels of Utopia: Art's Fact Returned. Ashgate, Aldershot. (ISBN 1 84014 144 X).
• Baldacchino, J. 1996. Post-Marxist Marxism: Questioning the Answer. Difference and Realism after Lukacs and Adorno, Avebury, Aldershot (ISBN 1 85972 438 8)

Journal articles

• Baldacchino, J. 2007. The pedagogy of culture. Cultural Theory within the politics of a ‘third space'. Interactive Discourse. International Online Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. 1(1).
• Baldacchino, J. 2005. Between illusions: Art's argument for "Weak" Reality', Analecta Husserliana, vol. LXXXVII.
• Baldacchino, J. 2005. Hope in groundlessness: Art's denial as pedagogy, Journal of Maltese Educational Research, 3(1).
• Baldacchino, J. 2004. The covergent ‘I': Empathy as an aesthetic category', Analecta Husserliana vol. LXXXIII.
• Baldacchino, J. 2002. The Metaphysics of Childhood. Children in the art of Carrà and De Chirico. The John Darling Lectures 2002-3, Faculty of Education, University of Aberdeen, November 6.
• Baldacchino, J. 2001. Contemporary Music and the Question of Aesthetic Identity. Intercultural Music, 3.
• Baldacchino, J. 1994. Art's Gaming Lost: within the make-belief of curricular certainty. Curriculum Studies, 2(3).
• Baldacchino, J. 1994. From ‘African Pianism' to a New Commonwealth of Interculturalism. An Analytical Review of Akin Euba's Modern African Music and Joshua Uzoigwe's Akin Euba, An Introduction to the Life and Music of a Nigerian Composer. Commonwealth Music 1(2).
• Baldacchino, J. 1990. An Ethereal Flute from the Mediterranean. Pan, The Journal of the British Flute Society (London), March. 3.

Book chapters

• Baldacchino, J. 2007. ‘Forms Of Life': On being taken to task by art and education. In Art Education in Malta. Raphael Vella (ed.). (Valletta: Allied Publishers).
• Baldacchino, J. 2006. ART(e) FACTUM: Maurizio Pellegrin: Doing fact(s), dialogando. In Writings on Maurizio Pellegrin 1980-2006 Rubbini, Alice (ed.) (SKIRA, Milano).
• Baldacchino, J. 2002. On "a dog chasing its tail" Gramsci's challenge to the sociology of knowledge. In Gramsci and Education. Carmel Borg, Joseph A. Buttigieg, Peter Mayo (eds.). (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers).
• Baldacchino, J. 2000. Sapide di sale nostalgico: Note sull'estetica e la pedagogia del Mediterraneo. In "Un Mare di Opportunità": Cultura e Educazione nel Mediterraneo del III Millenio. Giovanni Pampanini (ed.). (Armando Editore: Roma).
• Baldacchino, J. 1997. Imposing Freedom: The Cultural Game of ‘Adult Education'. In Beyond Schooling: Adult Learning in Malta. Godfrey Baldacchino, Peter Mayo (eds.). (Mireva Publications, Malta).

Book reviews

• Baldacchino, J. 2007. Review of Charles Juwah (ed.) Interactions in Online Education: Implications for Theory and Practice. (Routledge 2006). Interactive Discourse. International Online Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. 1(1). [Read online]
• Baldacchino, J. 2006. Review of Katy Mcloed & Lin Holridge, (eds.), Thinking through Art: Reflections on art as research (Routledge 2006). International Journal of Art & Design Education 25(3).
• Baldacchino, J. 1997. Review of Tony Carroll, Media in Art: Classroom materials for moving media in art at Key Stage 3 (British Film Institute 1996). Journal of Art & Design Education, 16(2).
• Baldacchino, J. 1992. Against the myth of homogeneity. Review of John Chircop, The Left within the Maltese Labour Movement, (Mireva, Malta 1991). The Sunday Times of Malta 29 March 1992, p. 44.

Essays on artists

• Baldacchino, J. 2007. Barbara Howey's Art of the Familial. Catalogue Essay for Barbara Howey: Techniques of Memory, New York.
• Baldacchino, J. 2006. Found in transition. Catalogue Essay in Fong, Keygobadi, Malhorta, Paterson, Pomerantz, Toledo: Found in Transition, New York.
• Baldacchino, J. 2006. To "look with": Wei Li Zhu's art of gentle truth. Catalogue Essay in Wei Li Zu Paintings (Aberdeen, Scotland; and Beijing, China). [Read Online]
• Baldacchino, J. 2005. On Being with the work. Catalogue Essay in Cynthia Capriata: Bicho-Creatures (Teachers College, Columbia University, New York).
• Baldacchino, J. 2005. (Hand held) On distant shores. Catalogue Essay for Peninsula Arts, Exhibition of works by Jeremy Diggle, New Zealand House, London UK, (May).
• Baldacchino, J. 2002. Words of Belonging: After a conversation with Leena Nammari. In Leena Nammari, Belonging (Deveron Arts Publication)
• Baldacchino, J. 2002. Homecoming(s). Catalogue Essay for Homecoming(s) Multi-Disciplinary Exhibition of works by Heather Delday, Moira Macaulay, Brian Grassom and Gawain Douglas. Duff House, Banff, Scotland, 2002.

Arts reviews

• Baldacchino, J. 2006. Erasures and Supplements: On Nancy Goldring's Palimpsest. The Architect's Newspaper.
• Baldacchino, J. 1992. Virtuoso Entrance of Beethoven's Archduke', The Higher Times Educational Supplement, 6(3).
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. The Negation of Negation. The Times of Malta, 10 February, p. 4.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. Soundscapes at the Aula Magna. The Times of Malta, 17 March, p. 6.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. An Inner Reality. The Times of Malta, 11 April, p. 6.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. The Rhythms of Ali El Abani's Art. The Times of Malta, 28 April, p. 7.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. Definitely Feminine. The Times of Malta, 13 June, p. 8.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. Contrasting Movements. The Times of Malta, 23 June, p. 23.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. The Metaphysics of Chance. The Times of Malta, 31 July, p. 7.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. The Cross-roads of Mediterranean Music. The Sunday Times of Malta 17 December, p. 26.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. Panorama of Mediterranean Music. The Times of Malta, Malta 18 December, p. 7.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. The intransigence of the unreal. The Times of Malta, January 9.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. Post-Independence Art. The Times of Malta, January 26.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. A construction behind the spirit. The Times of Malta, February 17.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. Playing Shades into forms. The Times of Malta, July 10.
• Baldacchino, J. 1989. From and towards the soul. The Times of Malta, November 3.

Current research/forthcoming outputs

Books

• Baldacchino, J. 2011/12. Art's Way Out: Exit Pedagogy and the Cultural Condition. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
• Baldacchino, J. Wain K. 2011/12. Maltese Conversations: Democracy without confession. Valletta: Allied Publishers.
• Baldacchino, J. 2012/13. John Dewey. Liberty and the Pedagogy of Disposition. Springer Publishers.
• Baldacchino, J. 2013/14. Composed Identities: Sound, Number and Desire | On Mediterranean Aesthetics vol 2. Piscataway NJ: Gorgias Press.
• Baldacchino, J. 2014/15. The Carob and the Olive: Land, Art and Polity | On Mediterranean Aesthetics vol 3. Piscataway NJ: Gorgias Press.

Membership of learned societies, subject associations

College Art Association (USA) Philosophy of Education Society (USA)

Supervision of research degrees

Completed doctorates that I supervised as 1st supervisor (sponsor):

• Mount, Andrew, Participatory Art Practice: What Does it Mean to Participate? Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2011.
• Widmer, Kristine, Beyond Our Fears: Conversations with Veteran Artists About Their Dedication to Art Making. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2011.
• Yu, Chi-Ying, Networked Film Criticism as a Way of Learning: Exploring the Culture of Virtual Film Community and Stories of Online Film Critics. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2011.
• Doren, Mariah, Talking to Artists in Their Studio: Reflection on the Practice of Assessment as Learning. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2011.
• Yun, Yoshimatzu, The Art of the Everyday A Spiritual Journey of Aesthetic Experience with Western and Japanese Contents. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2011.
• Bowman, Harrigan, The Artist-Educator in the University: Interview Case-Studies of How Four Art Professors Make Sense of the Meaning in Their Work As Educators and How They Navigate the Dual Relationship Between Artist and Educator. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Im, Sang-Bin, The Generative Impact of Online Critiques of Art on Individual Practice. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Laski Nina, Exploring Improvisation in Arts Education. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Sadik, Razia, The Art Institution as a Site for Cultural Production in Pakistan: A performative reflexive analysis of the practices of three contemporary artist-teachers. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Stevens, Dennis, The Aesthetics of the American Dream: Experiencing the visual as meaning beyond truth. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Stephen Lane, The Experience of New York and Beijing: Destabilizing Studio Art Practices, Cultural Sites and Educational Processes. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Hua Chu Yen, The Practice of Cinematic Experience in Everyday Life: Moving Image, time and the journey to the Unknown. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2009.
• Gary Jim Daichent, Artist-Teacher George Wallis: Redefining The Concept Through History. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2009.
• Christopher Wallace, Aesthetic Experience and Action in Participatory Art. Gray's School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Scotland. Awarded: 2008.
• James Patrick Werner, Immersive Installation art, Digital technology, Its Philosophies and the Rise of a New genre in Fine Art. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2007.
• Elena Andrea Stylianou, Revisiting the Virtual in Art's Potential: From the Byzantine Icon to the Contemporary Image. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2007.
• Brian Hughes, The Moral nature of Artistic Genius. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2006.
• Brian Grassom, Art as a Narrative of Alterity. Gray's School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Scotland. Awarded 2006.
• Alejandra Rodriguez, Art as an agent of cultural integration. Gray's School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Scotland. Awarded 2007.
• Barwell, Michael, Patterns of Redemption: Parachronicity in the work of Piero della Francesca, Frank Zappa and Stanley Spencer. The University of Warwick, England. Awarded 2003.
• Cole, David, Reworking the Digital Curriculum. The University of Warwick, England. Awarded 2002.

Completed doctorates that I supervised as co- and 2nd supervisor:

• Clovis, Donna. Issues of Beauty Through Identity: The Works of three Artists in Studio Practice and Their Interpretations into Art and Language. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2011.
• Perkins, Clarence, Moral Culture in the McGuffey Readers: 1836 to 1901. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Curinga, Matthew, Social software and the struggle for freedom. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Carlin, Matthew, The Image of the Anti-State: Magic, the Sacred, and Terrestrial Violence in the Zapatista Movement. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2010.
• Garone, Gene, Making Connections: Building Artistic Insight for Digital Design, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2009.
• Katz, Jonathan, Teacher and student perceptions of conventional and inquiry-based mathematics instruction (Interdisciplinary Study), Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2009.
• Johnson, Carolyn, Navigating the impasse: Catholic women lead the way in the church. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2009.
• Kiebert-Gruen, Catherine, Community arts programs: Cohesion and difference case studies: Henry Street Settlement and El Museo Del Barrio, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2009.
• Cofryn, Regina, Unity in multiplicity: a comparative study of the humanistic themes in the literature of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Miguel De Unamuno. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2007.
• Castagno, Reuben, Cinematic popular culture and educators' rational reconstructions, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2006.
• Zorbas, Vasilios, The catharsis of the student-actor of process drama and the role of the Stanislavski method. Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Awarded 2005.

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