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By examining the interactive tools of Socially Engaged Art (SEA) and art making in dialogue, this chapter explores how environmental knowledge can be developed in a learning environment. Using art-based educational research, with the participation of six adults from different backgrounds, I designed and carried out four sessions of educational workshops on the following themes: environmental indifference, climate change, animals, and environmental justice. I designed the workshops to provide a shared space for participants to create, learn, converse, and engage freely in the research process. This research illuminates how an integrated curriculum for art education, using SEA methods and an environmental approach, can provide opportunities to re-direct our thinking and learning and help us to re-imagine our connections with the environment.
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Refahi, L. (2023). Re-imagine Connections with Natural Environment Through Socially Engaged Art. In: Mreiwed, H., Carter, M.R., Hashem, S., Blake-Amarante, C.H. (eds) Making Connections in and Through Arts-Based Educational Research. Studies in Arts-Based Educational Research, vol 5. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8028-2_10
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