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  1. John Dewey, Albert Barnes, and the Continuity of Art and Life
    Revisioning the Arts and Education
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  Peter Lang Inc., New York ; Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Bern

    This carefully researched book offers a dynamic and expansive Deweyan vision for the arts and education. This (re)vision acknowledges the influence on Dewey’s aesthetics of art collector and educator Albert Barnes, while also exploring the various... more

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    This carefully researched book offers a dynamic and expansive Deweyan vision for the arts and education. This (re)vision acknowledges the influence on Dewey’s aesthetics of art collector and educator Albert Barnes, while also exploring the various ways Dewey’s writings on the arts, in moving beyond Barnes’ "scientific aesthetic method," were an important resource for many innovative twentieth-century American artists, art movements, and arts-related educational institutions. Neither Barnes’ influence on Dewey nor the features of Dewey’s naturalistic aesthetics that made his Art as Experience a favorite text of many artists and arts practitioners have been fully and adequately acknowledged in existing literature on Dewey’s thinking about the arts and education. This book effectively remedies that situation. "Granger clarifies, advances, and augments a broad and open-ended ‘Deweyan vision of the arts and education.’ Enlivened on almost every page by concrete historical and contemporary examples drawn from the arts, Granger’s highly readable book is essential for democratic educators, administrators, and policymakers who reject the zombie idea that ‘real’ academic work is inherently separate from aesthetic consummations."—Steven Fesmire, Professor of Philosophy, Radford University; President of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy; Author of John Dewey and Moral Imagination: Pragmatism in Ethics "One of the most vexing characters on the American art scene was Albert Barnes: the self-styled, passionate collector whose good intentions to educate the masses ran amuck with a museum that, like his art theories, proved too rigid to be realistic. Thus, his friendship with John Dewey, whose wide application of art to life has been puzzling—until now. With Granger, we see that Barnes’ lessons in how to look, while frozen in a formal analysis of modern French art, nonetheless unleashed in the philosopher an expansive way to think about the aesthetic. As demonstrated here, Dewey’s dynamic, embodied understanding inspired the evolution of radical art throughout the 20th century, providing insight into making and being in the world still."—Mary Jane Jacob, Professor and Director of the Institute for Curatorial Research and Practice, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Author of Dewey for Artists "David Granger’s valuable book begins by examining the mutually-influential friendship of John Dewey and Albert Barnes, along with significant differences between the two men. In contrast with Barnes’ comparatively ridged formalism, Granger demonstrates compatibilities and/or relationships between Dewey’s aesthetics and painters Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock, as well as Black Mountain College artists and educators including John Andrew Rice, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, and Merce Cunningham among others. Well researched, the book establishes many surprising relations among people, art, and ideas. Granger concludes with a refreshingly original vision of the arts and education."—Jim Garrison, Professor Emeritus, School of Education, Virginia Tech; Past-President of the John Dewey Society; Author of Dewey and Eros: Wisdom and Desire in the Art of Teaching... “One of the most vexing characters on the American art scene was Albert Barnes: the self-styled, passionate collector whose good intentions to educate the masses ran amuck with a museum that, like his art theories, proved too rigid to be realistic. Thus, his friendship with John Dewey whose wide application of art to life has been puzzling—until now. With Granger, we see that Barnes’ lessons in how to look, while frozen in a formal analysis of modern French art, nonetheless unleashed in the philosopher an expansive way to think about the aesthetic. As demonstrated here, Dewey’s dynamic, embodied understanding inspired the evolution of radical art throughout the 20th century, providing insight into making and being in the world still.”—Mary Jane Jacob, Professor and Director of the Institute for Curatorial Research and Practice, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Author of Dewey for Artists... “David Granger’s valuable book begins by examining the mutually-influential friendship of John Dewey and Albert Barnes, along with significant differences between the two men. In contrast with Barnes’ comparatively ridged formalism, Granger demonstrates compatibilities and/or relationships between Dewey’s aesthetics and painters Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock, as well as Black Mountain College artists and educators including John Andrew Rice, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, and Merce Cunningham among others. Well researched, the book establishes many surprising relations among people, art, and ideas. Granger concludes with a refreshingly original vision of the arts and education.”—Jim Garrison, Professor Emeritus, School of Education, Virginia Tech; Past-President of the John Dewey Society; Author of Dewey and Eros: Wisdom and Desire in the Art of Teaching... “Granger clarifies, advances, and augments a broad and open-ended ‘Deweyan vision of the arts and education.’ Enlivened on almost every page by concrete historical and contemporary examples drawn from the arts, Granger’s highly readable book is essential for democratic educators, administrators, and policymakers who reject the zombie idea that ‘real’ academic work is inherently separate from aesthetic consummations.”—Steven Fesmire, Professor of Philosophy, Radford University; President of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy; Author of John Dewey and Moral Imagination: Pragmatism in Ethics...

     

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  2. Will Africa be part of the "golden decade" of sustainable finance?
    insights from GSSS bonds
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  DIIS - Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark

    The inadequacy of public financing mechanisms for sustainable development and climate action is increasingly evident. The focus has shifted towards private sector financing mechanisms to bridge these financing gaps. This study analyses the Green,... more

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    The inadequacy of public financing mechanisms for sustainable development and climate action is increasingly evident. The focus has shifted towards private sector financing mechanisms to bridge these financing gaps. This study analyses the Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds, considered as the quintessential private sector financing instruments and projected to lead the 2020s' sustainable finance 'golden decade'. While evidence shows their explosive growth in developed markets, their impact on unlocking private-sector finance for Africa remains underexplored. We examine general trends in Africa's GSSS markets relative to other regions and gather data on 54 individual GSSS bonds issued, analysing tenors, issuer types, deal sizes, coupon rates and use of proceeds. Our findings reveal that African GSSS bond issuances account for less than 1% of the global volume and value. The realised amounts remain minuscule compared to the financing needs of USD 213.4 billion annually for climate action and USD 1.3 trillion for sustainable development. The GSSS bond market in Africa is unevenly distributed, with South Africa dominating over half its market value. Among GSSS categories, green-labelled bonds are the most popular, and the energy sector attracts the largest share of the limited funds. Financial corporations, especially commercial banks, primarily drive the GSSS bond markets, although through small deals that rarely exceed the current benchmark deal size of USD 500 million necessary for large-scale and impactful projects. We argue that since the quintessential private sector instruments show these disappointing results for Africa, the current actions and efforts to escort private sector finance need to be increased exponentially. It thus remains crucial not to overlook both private and public alternative financing methods. Currently, there seems to be no feasible framework to ensure the success of GSSS instruments at the required scale. Their suitability for Africa needs constant scrutiny compared to other private mechanisms such as blended finance. Ultimately, the need to innovate in the field of financial instruments cannot supersede the necessary groundwork, especially on project pipelines which involve costs at pre-feasibility stages, but will likely determine the best financing instruments for African countries.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9788772361239
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    hdl: 10419/296998
    Series: DIIS working paper ; 2023, 10
    Subjects: Africa; GSSS bonds; Green; Social; Sustainabilit and Sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds; "golden decade"; sustainable finance
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 37 Seiten), Illustrationen