Thinking Nature

How do we image and imagine nature at this moment in history, when the survival of the planet is threatened? What role does this cultural imaginary play in shaping the current cascade of environmental crises? Can we develop a way to create art and culture, to research, learn and teach with/in natural systems?

The concepts and examples described here suggest a range of possible approaches.

I.Critical Pedagogy of Place

a.Art as Place-Based Education

b.Art as Critical Pedagogy

c.Art Experimenting with a Critical Pedagogy of Place

II.Place-specific art

a.Collaborative Aesthetic

b.Choosing the Margins

III.Ecological Knowledge

a.Knowledge of Nature

b.Self-knowledge

c.The Inhuman

d.Queer Ecology

e.The Apocalypse

f.Decolonization and Reinhabitation

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