台灣至2002年起推動文化創意產業,近年來創意、美學、美力成為各界討論的重要主題,本文從目前台灣社會藝術教育研究現況談起,探究台灣社會藝術教育在文化創意產業為未來發展的潮流中,以文化國力的論點深化社會藝術教育扮演的角色與功能,並論及台灣社會藝術教育推動之景況,主要以行政院文化建設委員會至2004年起推動的重要文化政策,包括文化公民權、公民美學及台灣生活美學三大運動為例,運用內容分析法分析其理念及執行內涵。當代的文化政策更廣泛與國家發展及國力連結,且有越來越緊密的趨勢,投資文化在當代更像是投資經濟,而透過教育修正一國的經濟文化,正是讓國家競爭力倍增的重要方法。從文化國力的角度看待這三個一脈相承的社會藝術教育政策,就不僅僅只是藝術教育的推廣,藝文人口的培植,更關聯著公民美學自覺意識的覺醒,全民美學共識的凝聚,審美共同體的建立,及健全整體的藝文生態,這些都是一國軟性實力的展現,並透過這三大社會藝術教育運動的執行,促進台灣文化積累及全民生活品質,進而提升國家整體競爭力。
This paper uses current research into Taiwan's social art education programs to investigate social art education's future role in Taiwan's creative industry. The concept of cultural power is used to explore the roles and effects of social art education as well as efforts to promote social art education in Taiwan, particularly those made since the policies initiated by the Council for Cultural Affairs in 2004. The Cultural Citizenship, Civic Aesthetics, and Taiwan Living Arts movements are used as examples, and their principles and implementation are analyzed. Contemporary cultural policies have broader implications for national development and national power, and investments in culture are more and more seen as investments in the economy. Using education to achieve economic and cultural change is an important way of increasing a country's competitiveness. Analyzing these three related movements from the viewpoint of a nation's cultural power reveals that they not only affect arts education and artist training, but help increase aesthetic self-awareness, create a unified public aesthetic, and build an aesthetic community, all of which are examples of a country's soft power. The implementation of these three movements has also helped strengthen Taiwanese culture and increase Taiwan's quality of life, as well as improving overall national competitiveness.