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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51396#.VGlWkWfHRK0 Author(s)   Gustavo Henrique Dionisio Affiliation(s) Clinical Psychology Department, São Paulo State University (UNESP), EBEP-SP, Assis, Brazil . ABSTRACT This work intends to investigate the use of psychoanalytical theory within the aesthetic and critical contemporary art field. To this purpose, it focuses on two philosophers who have become significant in our time: the art critic Hal Foster and the art historian Georges Didi-Huberman. This study aims to show how far the concepts generated in psychoanalytic praxis allowed interpretations that disrupt the traditional aesthetics field. This type of analysis i...

Read full paper at: Music Education, Aesthetics, and the Measure of Academic Achievement Author(s) Karl Madden , David Orenstein , David Orenstein , Alexei Oulanov , Yelena Novitskaya , Ida Bazan , Thomas Ostrowski , Min Hyung Ahn Affiliation(s) Academic Department of the Library, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, New York, USA . ABSTRACT Grades and test scores are the traditional measurement of academic achievement. Quantitative improvements on standardized scores in Math/Science/Language are highly-coveted outcomes for meeting accreditation standards required for institutional program funding. Music and the Fine Arts, difficult to assess by traditional academic achievement measurement, and often dev...