Reworking the Social Order: "Skam" as an Instance of Public Moral Education

Autor/in	Kvamme, Ole Andreas
Titel	Reworking the Social Order: "Skam" as an Instance of Public Moral Education
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 40 (2021) 5, S.507-521 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kvamme, Ole Andreas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-021-09780-x
Schlagwörter	Programming (Broadcast); Foreign Countries; Ethical Instruction; Public Television; Public Education; Behavior Standards; Social Behavior; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programmgestaltung; Ausland; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Öffentliches Fernsehen; Öffentliche Erziehung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Norwegen
Abstract	The Norwegian high-school drama series Skam is produced and published by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, a publicly funded institution distinguished by an explicit obligation to the public interest, not only serving their audience as consumers but even as citizens. Generally, the normativity expressed in Skam may be summarized by treating all with respect, involving not only moral considerations of what is right, but also ethical conceptions of what is good, offered, opened up and obstructed by the living social order established there. In season three, given attention here, the plot revolves around issues concerning same-sex relationships, mental disorder and religion. Here Skam becomes interesting for the field of moral education, elaborating on how to encounter the challenges of pluralistic societies that undergo continuous changes and in which common values have become open questions. In this paper attention is drawn toward Skam's ethical dimension, considering Skam as an instance of public moral education. Faced with tensions, hindrances and conflicts, the norm of treating all with respect, irrespective of how trivial it may appear outside of context, becomes loaded with meaning, while the actualization of the good life is at risk. Appalling is the way hegemonic religion is transformed in the living social order. Decisive is the active role taken by the youths in the series, recontextualizing the norm. The social order here is not a static, given condition, but a continuous, moving, cultivating project. In that respect, a certain democratic aspect of the public moral education of Skam also becomes visible. Together, the youths portrayed in the series seem to accommodate a variety of expressions of life emerging within their community. (As Provided).
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