A Deweyan experience economy for higher education : The case of the Australian Indie 100 Music Event

Philip Graham; Michael L Dezuanni; Andy Arthurs; Gregory N Hearn

doi:10.1215/17432197-2842457

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A Deweyan experience economy for higher education : The case of the Australian Indie 100 Music Event

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A Deweyan experience economy for higher education : The case of the Australian Indie 100 Music Event

Philip Graham, Michael L Dezuanni, Andy Arthurs and Gregory N Hearn

Cultural Politics, Vol.11(1), pp.111-124

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-2842457

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Political Science

Cultural Studies

Communication and Media Studies

experiential learning

music education

higher education

knowledge economy

MOOCs

HERN

In this essay we argue that a Deweyan experience economy will best support the higher education (HE) sector in the future, and we draw a contrast between that economy and the sector's current focus on informational concerns, as expressed by the recent rush to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other mass online informational offerings. We base our argument on current developments in music education and music technology that we see as being preemptive of wider trends. We use examples from a three-year study of online and offline music pedagogies and outline a four-year experiment in developing a pedagogical experience economy to illustrate a theoretical position informed by John Dewey's theory of experience,Pierre Bourdieu's theory of habitus and capital, and recent work in economic geography on epistemic communities. We argue further that the future of the HE sector is local rather than global, experiential rather than informational, and that therefore a continued informational approach to the future of HE risks undermining the sector.

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Title: A Deweyan experience economy for higher education : The case of the Australian Indie 100 Music Event
Authors: Philip Graham (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Michael L Dezuanni (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Andy Arthurs (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Gregory N Hearn (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Cultural Politics, Vol.11(1), pp.111-124
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1215/17432197-2842457
ISSN: 1751-7435; 1751-7435
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 Duke University Press. The author's accepted version is reproduced here in accordance with the publishers copyright policy. The final version is available at: http:dx.doi.org/10.1215/17432197-2842457
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451283602621
Output Type: Journal article
Research Statement: false

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