Temperton, John (2018) Communicating and Thinking Through Drawing. In: Art Materiality and Representation 2018 - The Anthropology of Drawing, 1-3 June 2018, British Museum. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The author considers the behavioural link which exists between curiosity, local processing, visuo-spatial drawing ability and functional changes which might occur as a consequence of intensive drawing practice in the individual. Drawing skill varies enormously in the population and access to creative subjects in education particularly since the introduction of the new baccalaureate continues to challenge the creative sector. How we value drawing as a process matters in respect of culture, economic potential and use. Many children have a burning need to draw the world around them. While making a mark remains essential in public language drawing skill at a certain age becomes less useful except to those associated to have natural talent alone outside of the rigour of core subjects. Drawing could be considered a physical activity promoted by the way in which our minds reach out to the external domain in order to intellectually disseminate, interpret and express, all advanced critical academic activities stimulated by our common ability to visually interpret the world. There has been some academic debate which suggests drawing accuracy is not a result of better perception, veridical or motor coordination but an ability to construct in the mind a robust internal representation of object structure in visual memory by discriminating between the relative spatial position of object segments, in both broad and fine detail. Is it possible then that drawing can be used across the modern curriculum as a critical form of inquiry in support of STEM?

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Status:	Submitted
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1139.2 Early childhood education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration > NC1765-1766 Animation N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration > NC1800-1850 Posters N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration > NC0390-670 Study and teaching N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration > NC0730-758 Technique N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration > NC0950-(996) Illustration N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration > NC0997-1003 Commercial art. Advertising art N Fine Arts > ND Painting N Fine Arts > NE Print media N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general T Technology > T Technology (General)
School/Department:	School of the Arts
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/3261

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