Learning, Play, and Creativity: Asobi, Suzuki Harunobu, and the Creative Practice

David Bell is associate professor at the University of Otago College of Education in Dunedin, New Zealand. He teaches in graduate and postgraduate programs in teacher education, specializing in the visual arts, art history, and education theory. He has also taught Japanese visual culture courses and published extensively on ukiyo-e (floating-world picture) subjects. His research interests embrace pedagogies for aesthetic learning, Japanese art history and aesthetics, and museums as sites for learning between cultures.