About the Chapter:
In this chapter, Dr. Cary Lane, faculty coordinator of the 2014-15 KHC-National Endowment for the Humanities Colloquium, “Testimony across the Disciplines: Cultural and Artistic Responses to Genocide,” reviews the pedagogical theories that led him, and other colleagues, to practice mass atrocity education through an arts lens. He explores foundational ideas in higher education, provides examples of arts-based/creative educational approaches to the study of genocide, and summarizes several large-scale, student-centered, arts-based, interdisciplinary pedagogy projects that integrated campus cultural resources for the purpose of genocide education. Dr. Lane demonstrates how creative approaches encourage understanding, synthesis, and response to genocide-related content; how art practice can―and should―be used as a research platform for topics of mass violence; and, how campus cultural centers provide pivotal resources for researching and presenting arts-based deliverables.
About the Author:
Cary Lane, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, CUNY, where he teaches freshman composition and developmental education courses. Dr. Lane’s research interests include examining how arts-based teaching approaches and campus cultural centers affect learning outcomes in writing courses. Additionally, Dr. Lane served as curator-in-residence at the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, where he curated two exhibitions and integrated exhibit content/themes into pedagogy across the disciplines. Dr. Lane received his B.A. in studio art from the University of Rochester, M.F.A. in art theory and practice from Northwestern University, and Ph.D. in post-secondary and adult education from Capella University.
For information and resources related to the 2014-15 KHC-NEH Colloquium, “Testimony across the Disciplines: Cultural and Artistic Responses to Genocide,” click here.
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