Arts-Based Approaches for Sustainability

Wall, Tony; Österlind, Eva; Fries, Julia

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_523

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“…Business education needs a more holistic approach (Bradbury, 2003;Shrivastava, 2010). Thus, innovative approaches in education are required to adequately address sustainability challenges (Jänicke, 2008;Burns, 2011;Boons and Lüdeke-Freund, 2013;Lineberry and Wiek, 2016;Wall, 2016a,b;Wall et al, 2019b).…”

Section: Sustainable Management Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Poetry in Promoting a Sustainability Mindset: Walter Benjamin as a Guide Toward a Slow Journey

Molderez¹,

Baraniuk²,

Lambrechts³

2021

Front. Sustain.

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The emergence of highly complex sustainability challenges in modern society has led to the necessity of searching for more effective approaches to education for sustainable development. Research has shown that reflection leads toward more profound levels of engagement with respect to sustainable actions. Therefore, higher education has a role to play in stimulating reflection in light of sustainability. Art-based techniques, which have not been included alongside traditional teaching methods, have begun to gain the attention of researchers and teachers in higher education as they produce a deeper impact and involvement and can have a positive influence on the minds and hearts of the students. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that poetry can contribute to integrating the arts and humanities in management education. The potential effect of poetry on business management majors is being explored as a part of their Corporate Social Responsibility course. Poetry has considerable potential as an innovative approach to teach sustainability, but it is rather unusual in business education. Poetry was chosen as an enabler for reflection and emotions. This original teaching project was followed by a research project relying on reflective assignments. A rereading of Walter Benjamin's Illuminations from the perspective of sustainability studies was a source of inspiration, in particular “Theses on the Philosophy of History,” “The Storyteller” and “Unpacking My Library.” The paper assumes that Benjamin's ideas relate to a slow journey involving “awakening,” “wisdom” and “in a process,” three elements that are at the core of promoting a sustainability mindset. The research project consisted of four reflection assignments students had to comply with: reading and interpreting poetry; searching for a poem which would be most appropriate for the discussed sustainability topic; creating their own poem and reflecting on the whole task. The research took place in the second semester of 2020 and first semester of 2021, all in COVID-19 pandemic context. Students' participation was not mandatory, but the majority joined. Their perceptions and impressions reinforce the existing knowledge about the emotional power of poetry to encourage reflection. The results show that poetry plays a relevant role in encouraging future managers to develop a frame of mind that incorporates sustainability and responsibility. Business students are open to this approach because it adds a new and unexpected dimension to their studies. Despite the urge to integrate reflections, this is still an exception for the majority of management courses. The results suggest that poetry is a relevant instrument to promote a more sustainable mindset among future managers. Paradoxically, by emphasizing a slow journey, i.e., allowing time for integrating reflective practices, a transition toward sustainability in daily managerial processes can be accelerated.

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Section: Sustainable Management Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Poetry in Promoting a Sustainability Mindset: Walter Benjamin as a Guide Toward a Slow Journey

Molderez¹,

Baraniuk²,

Lambrechts³

2021

Front. Sustain.

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“…On the other hand, there are publications that discuss the particular potential of specific art forms-such as music or drama-in sustainability education, oftentimes with a focus on early childhood and schools [41][42][43][44][45][46]. Finally-and most recently-more comprehensive publications on arts, education, and teaching have been published [47][48][49]. The capabilities of arts and arts-based education are elaborated and a broad spectrum of approaches is presented.…”

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Teaching Sustainable Development in a Sensory and Artful Way—Concepts, Methods, and Examples

Heinrichs

2021

Sustainability

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Despite significant short-term pressures such as the recent Coronavirus pandemic with its economic and social disruptions, longer-term environmental un-sustainability and its projected intergenerational consequences remain a major threat for the future of mankind. More and new efforts are required in all social spheres with regard to the universal Sustainable Development Goals. In this context, the present article makes the argument for teaching sustainable development in higher education with a more sensory and artful approach, in order to raise students’ awareness of the multisensory reality of human existence and develop skills to engage creatively for sustainability transformations. Rooted in the perspective of sensory and arts-based sustainability science, three experimental bachelor courses—designed and conducted by the author of this article in collaboration with artists—with twenty to twenty-five students in each course from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in environmental studies, cultural studies, and social sciences are presented and discussed. It is argued that the specific course design and the scientific-artistic co-teaching provide an innovative way to teach sustainability topics in a more sensory way. The article ends with an outlook on potentials and challenges of this approach.

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“…Over the last several decades, theatre or dramatic representation has emerged as one way of addressing various health issues and promoting the uptake of health interventions (K. S. Islam et al, 2001;Pelto and Singh, 2010;Cheadle et al, 2012). Drama and theatre are spaces and processes that work with ctive plots, roles, characters and relationships to help generate a wide range of emotions or outcomes (Wall, Österlind and Fries, 2019). Indeed, theatre can not only entertain but can also be a way to inspire thought, re ection, engagement and a call to action.…”

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Incorporating findings from a vaccine refusal study to develop a community play to improve knowledge on maternal vaccines in rural Kilifi, Kenya

Kiyuka,

Onsomu,

Mutua

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Background: Innovative approaches are urgently needed to address the growing concern of vaccine hesitancy. Used effectively, community theatre has the potential to promote health knowledge and behaviour change as it encourages community dialogues and information sharing. Methods: This project was conducted between May 2020 and Feb 2021. We used research findings from a vaccine hesitancy study to develop a community play on maternal vaccines. The development of the script for the play was an iterative process between a local community theatre group and the research team. Results: After taking into consideration feedback from the relevant stakeholders, we produced a community play that sought to address concerns around maternal vaccines. The resulting play was entertaining and culturally relevant and conveyed the message in a simple and clear manner using the local language. Conclusions: Research-based theatre provides innovative ways to improve public understanding of maternal vaccines. Researchers in similar settings may find our drama relevant and adaptable.

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Arts-Based Approaches for Sustainability

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

The Role of Poetry in Promoting a Sustainability Mindset: Walter Benjamin as a Guide Toward a Slow Journey

The Role of Poetry in Promoting a Sustainability Mindset: Walter Benjamin as a Guide Toward a Slow Journey

Teaching Sustainable Development in a Sensory and Artful Way—Concepts, Methods, and Examples

Incorporating findings from a vaccine refusal study to develop a community play to improve knowledge on maternal vaccines in rural Kilifi, Kenya

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