Jan Jagodzinski (born 1948) is a Canadian scholar and Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts and Media Education at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
[1][3] In his more recent writings, Jagodzinski addresses the precarious conditions for our species living on the Earth in terms of both ecological and political crises: Interrogating the Anthropocene: Ecology, Aesthetics, Pedagogy, and the Future in Question (2018), Schizoanalytic Ventures at the End of the World: Film, Video, Art, and Pedagogical Challenges (2019), Pedagogical Explorations in a Posthuman Age: Essays on Designer Capitalism, Eco-Aestheticism, and Visual and Popular Culture as West-East Meet (2020), Ahuman Pedagogy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives for Education in the Anthropocene (2022, co-edited with Jessie Beier), Pedagogy in the Anthropocene: Re-Wilding Education for a New Earth (2022, co-edited with Michael Paulsen & Hawke Shé), Pedagogical Encounters in the Post-Anthropocene, Volume 1: Childhood, Environment, Indigeneity (2024), and Pedagogical Encounters in the Post-Anthropocene, Volume 2: Technology, Neurology, Quantum (2024).
External recognition includes the Exemplary Leadership and Outstanding Contribution Award by the National Art Education Association (USA, 1993), the C.D.
[1] In the context of art education, Jagodzinski’s "rigorous and astute insights and conceptualisations in Youth Fantasies" are considered by Vicki Daiello et al. to be most helpful in understanding Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and subjectivity.
[6] In his review article of Lacan in Art Education, Joâo Pedro Fróis (2010) focuses on the use of Lacan’s work by Jagodzinski and Dennis Atkinson, stressing that "(t)heir contributions illustrate the vitality of psychoanalysis for understanding the development of the subject in the aesthetic, cognitive, and social dimensions".
[11] Regarding the challenges for education, "jan jagodzinski frames the educational task away from the emancipation model, and instead suggests one that is framed by the Anthropocene [...]"[12] Jagodzinski has a passion for triathlon and has competed as part of the Canadian team at the World Triathlon Age Group Championships in Pontevedra, Spain (2023) and Torremolinos, Spain (2024), as well as in the Aquabike in Fyn, Denmark (2018).