OOSH artists explore eco-art for ecopedagogical outcomes

Sam Crosby

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning
EditorsTonia Gray, Denise Mitten
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages705-720
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9783319535500
ISBN (Print)9783319535494
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • art
  • environmental education
  • outdoor education

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