IMAGINING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF NONHUMAN RESIDENTS: Sensorial Attunement as Ecological Aesthetic Inquiry

Cala Coats, Shagun Singha, Steven Zuiker, Amanda K. Riske

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Abstract

This “enacted encounter” chapter intended for formal and informal youth educators explores the potential of outdoor pedagogical techniques for the Decolonizing Mind and Body section of the book. This chapter considers the decolonization of the Western learning subject and the territorializing of educational spaces through a place-based learning experience using sensorial attunement as aesthetic inquiry, enacted by a third-grade class at Paideia Academy in South Phoenix. Analysis of photographs and dialogue examines how using sensorial techniques as attunement strategies reveals erroneous borders between body and mind, boundaries between school grounds and community neighborhoods, and, ultimately, the curriculum as planned and as lived. The processes align with a renewed interest in the sensorial and its intersections with performance and conceptual art, non-Western and indigenous ontologies, global ecological concerns, and more-than-human qualitative inquiry.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Companion to Decolonizing Art, Craft, and Visual Culture Education
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages196-204
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781000901696
ISBN (Print)9781032040158
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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