Art as a Transformative Environmental Education Process: A Participatory Community and Systems Based
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Final Product Proposal
1.) Purpose/Thesis Statement:
I want to educate the Portland, Oregon community in both whole systems design/thinking and bioregionalism (specifically the PDX bioregion) through a participatory, interactive, research based transformative environmental art installation/park and event. The installation will represent a whole systems bioregional map of the PDX region. It will also serve as a living permaculture based ecological restoration tool for the ecosystem and community in which it is embedded. Ultimately any individual that comes into contact with this installation should have an interactive, participatory, transformative, inspiring and educational experience that strengthens their relationship to and understanding of the PDX bioregion.
2.) Final Product Shape:
I will be doing an applied learning project titled: “Art as a Transformative Environmental Education Process: A Participatory Community and Systems Based Approach to Place Based Ecological Art Installations and Restorations.”
3. Methodology:
To be studied:
*Whole Systems Thinking, Change and Design
*Methods and Practices of Participatory Sustainable Development such as PAR (participatory action research)
*The Bioregion of PDX in detail
*The Natural and Cultural History of PDX
*Environmental Restoration
*Ecological/Environmental Art
Components of Project:
*Undertake PSD/PAR methodology to conduct project research and design
*Secure participation by organizations, individuals, businesses, communities, etc.
*Interview environmental artists, community activists, neighborhood and community members, permaculturalists, members of the Buddhist and Native American communities
*Compose handbook for volunteers/participants, organizations, etc.
*Create design and layout
*Conduct ecosystem assessment of brownfield and neighborhood site area
*Secure donations
*Create educational signage, cob/stone and other pieces of installation
I will be studying the methods of whole systems change, such as PAR (participatory action research) and other methods of community engagement (asset mapping) and participatory sustainable development. I will conduct a number of surveys, interviews and other in person research methods with the intent of finding out what PDX citizens value in their bioregion and will use the data to produce the product design.
I will coordinate with multiple organizations, neighborhood associations, the Portland Office of Sustainable Development, businesses and individuals to attain the necessary participation, volunteers, donations and publicity to make the project possible. I will also develop a pre-project handbook for participants educating them on the project and the components of it. The final end project will be made into a video documentary.
In the installation design layout, in between the stone and cob pieces will be the restoration component using native plants and species in a permaculture restoration technique to help restore the brownfield in which the piece is placed. There may also be an educational center as well as other components depending upon what ends up being possible.
4. Bibliography:
1) Strelow, Heike (2004). Ecological Aesthetics: Art in Environmental
Design: Theory and Practice. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser.
2) Borrup, Tom (2006). The Creative Community Builders Handbook:
How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts and
Culture. Saint Paul, MN, USA: Fieldstone Alliance Publishing.
3) Thayer, Robert (2003). Lifeplace: Bioregional Thought and Practice.
LA, CA, USA: University of CA Press.
4) McIntyre-Mills, Janet (2004). Critical Systemic Praxis for Social
and Environmental Justice: Participatory Policy Design and
Governance for a Global Age. New York: Kluwer Academic/
Plenum Publishers.
5) Turner, Nancy J. (2005). The Earth’s Blanket: Traditional
Teachings for Sustainable Living. Seattle, WA, USA:
University of Washington Press.
6) Gunderson, Lance H. and C.S. Holling (2002). Panarchy:
Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural
Systems. Washington D.C., USA: Island Press.
7) Holman, Peggy (2007). The Change Handbook: The Definitive
Resource on Today’s Best Methods for Engaging Whole
Systems. San Fransisco, CA, USA: Berrett-Koehler
Publishers, Inc.
8) Cowan, Stuart and Van Der Ryn, Sim (2007). Ecological Design
(10th anniversary ed.). Washington D.C.: Island Press.
9) Bradbury, Hilary and Reason, Peter (ed.s) (2006). Handbook of
Action Research: Concise Paperback Ed. London: Sage
Publications.
10) Holmgren, David (2002). Permaculture: Principles and Pathways
Beyond Sustainability. Hepburn, Victoria, Australia: Holmgren
Design Services.
5. Contribution:
I see this work as a practice run project that I might undertake as a whole systems design consultant in my own practice. My future focus will be on whole systems PSD (participatory sustainable development) visioning processes, practices and project design.
This project has a multilayered benefit to the larger community. This consists of the following components:
*Educational
• Whole Systems Thinking/Design
• Environmental/Ecological Art
• Bioregionalism—including native plants and animals, ecosystems, the social, natural and economic capital in the region
• Ecology and ecological restoration
• Social Justice and Environmental Justice
• Tools and Practices for Participatory Sustainable Development
• Permaculture
*Ecological
• The installation itself will serve as an interactive restoration tool for the brownfield in which it is placed. Participants will help to put in native plants and species to remediate the landscape and ecosystem.
*Community Connection and Creativity
• All inclusive participation that helps to create bridging social technology amongst community members and organizations and the larger natural world.
• A chance to be a part of a creative, inspirational process and learn about environmental and ecological art.
• Possible fundraising event for organizations involved?
1.) Purpose/Thesis Statement:
I want to educate the Portland, Oregon community in both whole systems design/thinking and bioregionalism (specifically the PDX bioregion) through a participatory, interactive, research based transformative environmental art installation/park and event. The installation will represent a whole systems bioregional map of the PDX region. It will also serve as a living permaculture based ecological restoration tool for the ecosystem and community in which it is embedded. Ultimately any individual that comes into contact with this installation should have an interactive, participatory, transformative, inspiring and educational experience that strengthens their relationship to and understanding of the PDX bioregion.
2.) Final Product Shape:
I will be doing an applied learning project titled: “Art as a Transformative Environmental Education Process: A Participatory Community and Systems Based Approach to Place Based Ecological Art Installations and Restorations.”
3. Methodology:
To be studied:
*Whole Systems Thinking, Change and Design
*Methods and Practices of Participatory Sustainable Development such as PAR (participatory action research)
*The Bioregion of PDX in detail
*The Natural and Cultural History of PDX
*Environmental Restoration
*Ecological/Environmental Art
Components of Project:
*Undertake PSD/PAR methodology to conduct project research and design
*Secure participation by organizations, individuals, businesses, communities, etc.
*Interview environmental artists, community activists, neighborhood and community members, permaculturalists, members of the Buddhist and Native American communities
*Compose handbook for volunteers/participants, organizations, etc.
*Create design and layout
*Conduct ecosystem assessment of brownfield and neighborhood site area
*Secure donations
*Create educational signage, cob/stone and other pieces of installation
I will be studying the methods of whole systems change, such as PAR (participatory action research) and other methods of community engagement (asset mapping) and participatory sustainable development. I will conduct a number of surveys, interviews and other in person research methods with the intent of finding out what PDX citizens value in their bioregion and will use the data to produce the product design.
I will coordinate with multiple organizations, neighborhood associations, the Portland Office of Sustainable Development, businesses and individuals to attain the necessary participation, volunteers, donations and publicity to make the project possible. I will also develop a pre-project handbook for participants educating them on the project and the components of it. The final end project will be made into a video documentary.
In the installation design layout, in between the stone and cob pieces will be the restoration component using native plants and species in a permaculture restoration technique to help restore the brownfield in which the piece is placed. There may also be an educational center as well as other components depending upon what ends up being possible.
4. Bibliography:
1) Strelow, Heike (2004). Ecological Aesthetics: Art in Environmental
Design: Theory and Practice. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser.
2) Borrup, Tom (2006). The Creative Community Builders Handbook:
How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts and
Culture. Saint Paul, MN, USA: Fieldstone Alliance Publishing.
3) Thayer, Robert (2003). Lifeplace: Bioregional Thought and Practice.
LA, CA, USA: University of CA Press.
4) McIntyre-Mills, Janet (2004). Critical Systemic Praxis for Social
and Environmental Justice: Participatory Policy Design and
Governance for a Global Age. New York: Kluwer Academic/
Plenum Publishers.
5) Turner, Nancy J. (2005). The Earth’s Blanket: Traditional
Teachings for Sustainable Living. Seattle, WA, USA:
University of Washington Press.
6) Gunderson, Lance H. and C.S. Holling (2002). Panarchy:
Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural
Systems. Washington D.C., USA: Island Press.
7) Holman, Peggy (2007). The Change Handbook: The Definitive
Resource on Today’s Best Methods for Engaging Whole
Systems. San Fransisco, CA, USA: Berrett-Koehler
Publishers, Inc.
8) Cowan, Stuart and Van Der Ryn, Sim (2007). Ecological Design
(10th anniversary ed.). Washington D.C.: Island Press.
9) Bradbury, Hilary and Reason, Peter (ed.s) (2006). Handbook of
Action Research: Concise Paperback Ed. London: Sage
Publications.
10) Holmgren, David (2002). Permaculture: Principles and Pathways
Beyond Sustainability. Hepburn, Victoria, Australia: Holmgren
Design Services.
5. Contribution:
I see this work as a practice run project that I might undertake as a whole systems design consultant in my own practice. My future focus will be on whole systems PSD (participatory sustainable development) visioning processes, practices and project design.
This project has a multilayered benefit to the larger community. This consists of the following components:
*Educational
• Whole Systems Thinking/Design
• Environmental/Ecological Art
• Bioregionalism—including native plants and animals, ecosystems, the social, natural and economic capital in the region
• Ecology and ecological restoration
• Social Justice and Environmental Justice
• Tools and Practices for Participatory Sustainable Development
• Permaculture
*Ecological
• The installation itself will serve as an interactive restoration tool for the brownfield in which it is placed. Participants will help to put in native plants and species to remediate the landscape and ecosystem.
*Community Connection and Creativity
• All inclusive participation that helps to create bridging social technology amongst community members and organizations and the larger natural world.
• A chance to be a part of a creative, inspirational process and learn about environmental and ecological art.
• Possible fundraising event for organizations involved?
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