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Building, becoming, believing: Participatory land art for empathy and meliorism
- Source: International Journal of Education Through Art, Volume 19, Issue Art, Sustainability and Partnerships, Mar 2023, p. 59 - 67
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- 05 Dec 2021
- 07 Aug 2022
- 20 Feb 2023
Abstract
In this participatory land art workshop, nature was used as a play material to represent the motif of metamorphosis while participants role-played herrings for empathy. The aim was to shift the perspective from our materials – which are agentic in co-constituting conditions evocative of empathy – to observing the outcome from a bird’s-eye view. The workshop sought to demonstrate the power of collaboration, by presenting an allegory of the collaboration of herd species such as herrings. Alone they/we are nothing but, with determination and a clear goal, we can create visible change in the environment and in emotions and attitudes like environmental empathy. Earlier research and this case demonstrate how ecological paradigms can be stimulated with the use of place-based art.
Funding
- Foundation Turku 2029