Logan, Marianne, Wijesinghe, Thilinika, and Khatun, Ferdousi (2022) Agency, Power and Resistance from the Perspectives of All Beings. In: Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, Amy, and Lasczik, Alexandra, (eds.) Arts-Based Thought Experiments for a Posthuman Earth: A Touchstones Companion. Imagination and Praxis: Criticality and Creativity in Education and Educational Research, 16 . Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 138-152.

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Abstract

This response is a creative and representation of socioecological learning through a posthuman framing. In order to facilitate environmental, ethical social and political change in a rapidly changing world we look beyond humans as being exceptional and ‘saviours of the world’, and encourage an awareness of the remarkable capabilities of other inhabitants of the Earth and the Earth itself. Agency, together with discourse, power and resistance are reimagined from the perspective of all beings. While immersed in the environmental crises that surround the Anthropocene Era, this response attempts to rethink the very concepts of ‘nature’ and the boundaries of ‘human beings’. Rather than privileging ourselves as humans at the expense of all others we embrace the tangle of relationships in which we are enmeshed. We acknowledge and explore the power imbalance between humans, and between humans and all other inhabitants. This visual ethnographic interpretation is mapped out with concrete poetry, three-dimensional object photography, and narratives. This interpretation of the intricate loops and threads of its corresponding chapter endeavours to provoke thought and inspire agency and action with a diverse perspective.

Item ID:	82748
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Creative Work)
ISBN:	9789004507838
ISSN:	2542-9140
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2022 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Date Deposited:	17 Feb 2025 01:39
FoR Codes:	39 EDUCATION > 3999 Other Education > 399999 Other education not elsewhere classified @ 50% 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4199 Other environmental sciences > 419999 Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified @ 50%
SEO Codes:	19 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS > 1999 Other environmental policy, climate change and natural hazards > 199999 Other environmental policy, climate change and natural hazards not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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