THE AMPLIFICATION OF ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS THROUGH ART PRACTICE: THE ECOARTIVIST DRAWING OF ECOLOGÍA DE UN ABRAZO [THE ECOLOGY OF AN EMBRACE] Cover Image
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THE AMPLIFICATION OF ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS THROUGH ART PRACTICE: THE ECOARTIVIST DRAWING OF ECOLOGÍA DE UN ABRAZO [THE ECOLOGY OF AN EMBRACE]
THE AMPLIFICATION OF ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS THROUGH ART PRACTICE: THE ECOARTIVIST DRAWING OF ECOLOGÍA DE UN ABRAZO [THE ECOLOGY OF AN EMBRACE]

Author(s): Verónica Perales Blanco
Subject(s): Education, Visual Arts, Environmental interactions
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: Ecological Awareness; Drawing; Embodiment; Ecoartivism; Chipko;

Summary/Abstract: In this presentation I will discuss the potential of artistic practices to amplify ecological awareness. I will describe a specific art practice that can be replicated in the classroom by other teachers: Ecology of an Embrace. This is an ecoartivist project (ecology, art and activism) that recalls the eco-feminist spirit of the Chipko women. It presents a participatory approach involving social and human networks (human capital in a 2.0 context). It articulates a dialogue between real bodies / real space and social profiles / virtual space, broadening our capacity for analysis in the current environmental and civilisational crisis. The objectives and / or effects to be achieved are:- To be able to see the other in ourselves and ourselves in the other.- To promote empathy.- To amplify our perception (plurisensoriality).- To feel the connection with the cosmos.- To encourage the growth of mycorrhizae: making existing mycorrhizae visible and encouraging the emergence and growth of new ones through narrative formulas.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 250-257
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English