Climate Change Education through Art and Science Collaborations

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Author(s): Phillip Gough (The University of Sydney, Australia), Kate Dunn (The University of NSW, Australia & The University of Sydney, Australia)and Caitilin de Bérigny (The University of Sydney, Australia)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 20
Source title: Natural Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0803-8.ch041

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Environmental Science and Technologies / Information Science Reference / Natural Resource Management

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This chapter introduces three arts projects that employ different collaborative methods to promote climate change awareness through community-based environmental education. The artworks provide new access points to climate change information, rather than acting as a representative for the discipline of science. This allows different ways of knowing about climate change through the experience of the artworks. The artworks were created through collaboration between scientists and creative practitioners, such as artists or designers, who has expertise in communicating information to a non-expert audience. The collaboration is aided through the creation of a boundary object, which allows creative practitioners to develop their understanding of the science they are presenting to their audience. The artworks also act as a boundary object between the scientist and the general public, allowing both groups to understand and transform their knowledge about climate change.

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