TY - JOUR AU - Prestianni, Cristiana PY - 2022/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - “Raking and reasoning about it”: bridges between John Dewey’s Art as Experience and the Reggio Emilia Approach JF - Encyclopaideia JA - EnCP VL - 26 IS - 62 SE - Essays DO - 10.6092/issn.1825-8670/14155 UR - https://encp.unibo.it/article/view/14155 SP - 29-42 AB - The article aims to demonstrate to what extent the work Art as Experience (1934) by the American philosopher and pedagogist John Dewey, a proponent of pedagogical activism, may have contributed to Loris Malaguzzi’s thought (1920-1994) and the Reggio Emilia Approach. Starting from the idea of an aesthetic experience as a privileged means of knowledge, the comparison between the two authors continues through reflections on the relationship between art-community and art-ethics. The dialogue between these important educational approaches is proposed in order to highlight their relevance and the role they could play in today’s schools thanks to the concept of knowledge based on the senses and on doing, contributing to the sensitisation of educational action towards the social aspect of art, both as an opening towards the community, and as a reflection on the values of the human being.The dialogue between these two important educational approaches is proposed in order to highlight their relevance and the role they could play in today's schools thanks to the concept of knowledge based on the senses and on doing, contributing to the sensitisation of educational action towards the social aspect of art, both as an opening towards the community, and as a reflection on the values of the human being. ER -