Abstract
Eco-art as a pedagogical practice can help dissolve barriers to nature connection through its imaginative and emotional engagement. For these reasons, it is important to consider creative acts as a valid method for developing understanding and communicating our personal stories of nature, which can help to build ecological understanding. Art making as a practice in and from nature as demonstrated by this study provided an opportunity for the participants to intimately connect with their own nature stories and helped to develop a sense of creative community amongst them, through the sharing of these stories. Creativity and art-making practice is a core element outlined in Freire’s original ecopedagogy manifesto. From the outcome of this study, we can see why it should be considered as a valid method to develop a new ecological story between humans and more-than-human worlds.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning |
Editors | Tonia Gray, Denise Mitten |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 705-720 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319535500 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319535494 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- art
- environmental education
- outdoor education