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part of an overall shift in postmodern art education. Questions are being asked about
traditional assumptions. Culture is no longer revered as high culture as critical
individuals begin to question the nature of what is considered culture and knowledge.
"Students own ethnic beliefs, values, arts, festivals, and heritage are things to be
recognized and valued" (Nerperud, 1995, p. 17). Desai and Chalmers (2007) point to
new forms of community education explaining,
Henry Giroux (2006) too has consistently argued that our students and the public
are educated through what he calls 'sites of public pedagogy'- that is television,
newspaper photographs and advertisements, digital media, films that constantly
bombard us with images. And as a result 'schools have to rethink what it means
to educate young people to live in a world dominated by entirely new modes of
information, communication, and cultural production.' These new public
pedagogical sites are almost entirely dominated by a few corporations who select
and control the kinds of visual representation that play a vital role in shaping
particular understandings of our culture, community, nation, and the world. (p. 6-
8)
Art cars are symbolic examples of a revolt against the ideology of dominant culture and
public pedagogy. The art car artists' contributions of locally created art raise questions
through cultural display and encourage democratic participation.58
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Stienecker, Dawn. The Art Car Spectacle: a Cultural Display and Catalyst for Community, dissertation, August 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149669/m1/68/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .