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Towards a post-humanist design for educational inclusion: Proposing a study pedagogy for litter polluted critical zones.

Authors :
Swillens, Viktor
Decuypere, Mathias
Vandenabeele, Joke
Vlieghe, Joris
Source :
European Journal for Research on the Education & Learning of Adults (RELA); Oct2023, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p379-395, 17p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

In this contribution to the special issue on adult education, inclusion and justice we discuss how an inclusive pedagogy can foster a more just way of inhabiting litter polluted living environments, in which the interests of both human and non-human dwellers are taken into consideration. More precisely, we theorize how arts can function as study material and enable a collective sensitivity for the ways in which (non-)human entities (e.g., fishermen, seals, birds, litter pickers, tourists, plastic producers) constitute a 'sick' habitat. Based upon our theory-driven participatory action research with adult inhabitants of the litter polluted Belgian coast, we conclude that a study pedagogy has the power to constitute collective events of emancipation in which inhabitants of damaged living environments can start to inhabit these places, i.e., they become (more) attentive to the reciprocal relationships with other human and non-human entities and respond accordingly with care towards these entanglements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20007426
Volume :
14
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
European Journal for Research on the Education & Learning of Adults (RELA)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
173846871
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.4660