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A Walk on the Wild Side: Steps towards an ecological arts pedagogy
- Source: International Journal of Education Through Art, Volume 17, Issue Walking as a Radical and Critical Art of Inquiry: Embodiment, Place and Entanglement, Mar 2021, p. 135 - 152
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- 31 Oct 2019
- 08 Jul 2020
- 01 Mar 2021
Abstract
between home and schoolwalking a way to learninglife through the city.(David Haley)
This article takes the reader for a stroll through a programme of ecological arts-led, performance-based research. The style is more poetic than scientific, although much ecological science is embedded within the art form. Indeed, Charles Darwin was known for his regular walks, as time and space for his reflections on evolution and his grandfather Erasmus Darwin was noted for the poetic form of his scientific treatises. Here also, the author breaks with academic convention to engage with walking and research as creative activities to deal with ecological issues. Of course, other artists like Richard Long and Hamish Fulton have walked as part of their practice, and there are a growing number of artists who consider walking as practice-as-research. In this article, the focus is specifically on walking as a creative form of inquiry, through community participation within urban contexts to create a critical dialogue focused on ecology in action.