Aesthetigrams: Mapping Aesthetic Experiences

A strategy for heightening university students' awareness within aesthetic encounters is described. The strategy, called aesthetigrams, is the focus of on going qualitative research, the purpose of which is to improve teaching and learning in regard to aesthetics-in-the-classroom. A more long-term research goal is discussed briefly. It addresses the possibility for a definition of aesthetic experience to be derived from student-produced records of their encounters.