Senior Lecture Sissi Westerberg one of three editors of "Rural Contextual Practice"

"Rural Contextual Practice – Towards a place-based arts pedagogy" is a publication that documents the Rural Contextual Practice course series – a pedagogic development project exploring site-responsive artistic education in rural and remote contexts.

The project was initiated by artists and educators Prof. Daniel Peltz (Uniarts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts) and Senior Lecturer Sissi Westerberg (Konstfack, Stockholm), and developed together with researcher Prof. Dr. Vytautas Michelkevičius (Vilnius Academy of Arts).

A new master's level course offering was at the core of the project. The course was offered in three editions, at three separate sites, from 2022 to 2024. It brought together students and educators from the fields of craft, fine art, and media art to engage in three specific rural locations: Rejmyre (Sweden), Nida (Lithuania) and Kilpisjärvi (Finland). The project was supported by funding from the KUNO Nord plus network, allowing participation of master's students from across the Nordic/Baltic region.

The online version of the book: mene.lt/rural-contextual-practice-towards-a-place-based-arts-pedagogy/

Editors: Gailė Cijūnaitytė, Sissi Westerberg, Daniel Peltz

To aquire a physical copy of the book, please e-mail: sissi.westerberg@konstfack.se