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In fact, his enthusiasm for teaching socially engaged art is exhilarating. His teaching philosophy resonates with students as it\u2019s situated in the relational and the inspired, which is what many young artists are looking for when entering the arts discipline in college. Since his arrival at Â鶹´«Ã½, Parker has worked diligently to galvanize active art practices on the Â鶹´«Ã½ campus.<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Freire, the great Brazilian philosopher and educator, wrote, \u201cThe more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform it. 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