Space, place and the architecture of identity: Enhancing cultural authenticity by embedding crafts and arts in educational built environments

Abstract

Creating a vibrant and stimulating environment is an ongoing challenge for education systems. If the learning environments are to also reflect the culture and heritage of the pupils and the broader community of which they are a part, such challenges appear to be even greater. This calls for a reconfiguring of the relationship between space, culture, place and learning, as well as the role and meaning of culture, creativity and arts as sustainable development paradigms. Indeed, there is a significant intertwining between space, culture, place and learning that has been part of a broad interest in the last few decades with cultural authenticity and representation and how this might facilitate ..