Co-Creativity and Engaged Scholarship : : Transformative Methods in Social Sustainability Research.

• Author: Franklin, Alex.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (577 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Sustainability Science as Co-Creative Research Praxis -- Introduction -- 'Making a Difference': Transformative Research Agendas -- Conceptualizing (Co-)creativity as Relational and Emergent Praxis -- Research as Co-Creative Praxis -- Nurturing Co-Creative Research Encounters -- Co-creativity and the Transformative Potential of Sustainability Science -- Introducing Co-Creative Research in Practice -- References -- 2 Painting Outside the Lines: Transgressing the Managerial University, Avoiding Forced Creativity -- Introduction -- The Managerial University and the De-Politicization of the Public Sphere -- The Values of Managerial Knowledge Production -- Don't Bite the Hand that Funds You -- The Danger of Forced Creativity -- Latent Risks in Creative and Arts-Based Methods -- Artwashing -- Funding Tricks -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 Cooking Commoning Subjectivities: Guerrilla Narrative in the Cooperation Birmingham Solidarity Kitchen -- Introduction -- Democratizing Knowledge Through Militant Research -- Guerrilla Narrative -- From crises of Social Reproduction to Commoning and Mutual Aid -- The Cooperation Birmingham Newsletter -- Embodying Guerrilla Narrative in the solidarity kitchen -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Participative and Decolonial Approaches in Environmental History -- Introduction -- "To Include" in Historical Research -- Participation, Decoloniality and History -- Environmental History, Decoloniality and Participative Methods -- Memory -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 An Ethos and Practice of Appreciation for Transformative Research: Appreciative Inquiry, Care Ethics, and Creative Methods -- Introduction -- A Caring and Resourceful Approach to Transformative Research: Insights from the Literature.

Appreciative Inquiry and an Ethos of Appreciation -- An Ethos of Appreciation in Practice: An Account from the Field Using Creative Methods -- Empirical Study: A Three-Year Collaboration with Green Care Practitioners in Finland -- Method No. 1-'Circle of Objects': Creating Knowledge in Relationships -- Method No. 2-'Creating with the Soil': Enabling Just and Sustainable Coexistence -- Method No.3-'Council of Beings': Questioning Taken for Granted Realities -- Method No. 4-'Letters from the Future': Illuminating the Miracle of Life -- Method No. 5-'Vision Tree': Envisioning New Possibilities -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Imaginative Leadership: A Conceptual Frame for the Design and Facilitation of Creative Methods and Generative Engagement -- Introduction -- Developing Creative Methods Workshops to Support Imaginative Leadership: An Overview of the Research Process -- Phase 1: Exploration -- Phase 2: Collaborative Workshop Design -- Phase 3: Execution -- Phase 4: Reflection -- Sensitizing Concepts: Imaginative Leadership and Transformative Mindsets -- Identifying Transformative Mindsets -- Putting Theory in to Practice: Designing and Facilitating Creative Methods for Transformative Engagement -- Action Hub: Arts-based Methods for Transformative Design -- Imaginative Leadership: Co-producing with Nature and Communities (for Frontline Staff in Welsh Government) -- Acknowledging Limits -- Putting Practice into Theory: Another Look at Transformative Mindsets for Imaginative Leadership -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Insights and Inspiration from Explorative Research into the Impacts of a Community Arts Project -- Introduction -- Community Resilience and the Arts -- Evaluating Impact -- PeerGrouP, Grutte Pier and the Research Project -- Researching a Community Arts Project -- A Project as Strong as Grutte Pier Himself? -- Lessons Learned.

References -- 8 How to Nurture Ground for Arts-Based Co-Creative Practice in an Invited Space: Reflections on a Community in North Netherlands -- Introduction -- The Concept of Invited Spaces -- Invited Spaces as a Situational Constraint -- Participatory Action Research: An Overview -- The Art of Invitation: Becoming a Voluntary Instrument of a Community -- Methodology -- Research Methods -- Context of the Case -- Outline of the Engagement Process -- Results and Reflections -- Power Dynamics and Community Agency Within the Invited Space -- Building Connections via the Art of Invitation -- The Emergence of Shared Stories and Wishes via the Art of Invitation -- Time Constraints -- Summing Up -- Conclusions -- References -- 9 Reflections on Doing Cross-Cultural Research Through and with Visual Methods -- Introduction -- The Study: Talking About Art Through Photo Elicitation -- Adaptation of Interview Questions -- The Difficulty of Translating Life and Practices Under Cultural Differences -- Opening up New Ways of Seeing Through Photo Elicitation -- Conveying Research Results Through Visual Illustrations -- Conclusions: 'Seeing' Meanings Beyond Language -- References -- 10 The Eye of the Beholder: Applying Visual Analysis in an Historical Study of Lynxes' Representations in the Bavarian Forest Region -- Introduction -- Seeing as a Creative Process -- Wildlife Photography -- Methodology -- Seeing the Lynx -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 11 Back to the Drawing Board: Creative Mapping Methods for Inclusion and Connection -- Introduction -- Social Cartography: A Method for Inclusion -- Origins, Academic Use, and Criticism -- Research and Activism -- Deep Mapping: A Method for Connection -- From Space to Place: The Process of Connection -- Literary Cartography -- Beyond Literature -- Conclusions -- References.

12 'Getting Deep into Things': Deep Mapping in a 'Vacant' Landscape -- Openings -- The Arts Research Approach of Deep Mapping -- Polyvocal -- Generative -- Open-Ended -- Methodology -- Interviews -- Observational Drawings -- Uncoverings: Reflections on a Deep Mapping Method in Practice -- Divergence -- Disruption -- Absence -- The Role of the Researcher: The Place, the Map and Me -- Conclusions -- References -- 13 Engaging 'Future Generations' in Meaning Making through Visual Methods: An Alternative Approach to Defining City-Regions -- Introduction -- Visual Methods and Participatory Research -- Using Maps and Photos in Research-A Brief Literature Review -- Exploring Cardiff Capital Region with Its Future Generations -- Participant Selection -- Web-Mapping Workshops -- Photovoice Workshops -- Reflecting on the Experience -- Conclusions -- References -- 14 Technology as a Tool for Environmental Engagement. The Case of Digital Participatory Mapping (DPM) -- Introduction -- Participatory Mapping Origins -- Putting Participation in GIS -- Description of Digital PM Tools -- DPM and Transdisciplinary Research: Towards more Democratic Participation Practices -- Case Studies -- Case Study 1: My Green Place Ghent -- Case Study 2: Multi-Level Governance and Partaking in Research on the Greenmapper -- Building on the Case Studies: Challenges and Opportunities of DPMs -- Forced Creativity in DPM -- Data Quality: Precision and Accuracy -- Digital Tools: Complementary to rather than Substitutes for Traditional Methods -- Conclusions -- DPM and What Lies Ahead -- References -- 15 Living Labs: A Creative and Collaborative Planning Approach -- Introduction -- Theoretical Aspects of Living Labs -- The Origins of Living Labs -- What are Living Labs? -- Living Labs as a Planning Method: -- Phase 1: Initiation -- Phase 2: Preparation -- Phase 3: Co-Creative Design.

Phase 4: Evaluation and Link with Formal Decision-Making -- Phase 5: Feedback -- Reflections on the Use of Living Labs as a Planning Method -- Recommendations for Using a LL as a Planning Method -- References -- 16 Supporting Institutional Transformations: Experimenting with Reflexive and Embodied Cross-Boundary Research -- Introduction -- The Importance of Cultural Transformation for Wider Sustainability Transformations -- Embodied and Accompanying Research -- Formative Accompanying Research (FAR) Framework -- The Embodied Researcher -- Co-creating Transdisciplinary Communities of Practice-A Journey -- Embarking on a Transdisciplinary Journey -- Formative Moment #1 -- Formative Moment #2 -- Formative Moment #3 -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 17 How to Make Policy-Makers Care about "Wicked Problems" such as Biodiversity Loss?-The Case of a Policy Campaign -- Introduction -- Biodiversity as a Diffuse Problem-And Other Inconvenient Truths -- Ways and Strategies for Communicating Biodiversity Messages -- Communicating with Ecosystem Services -- Communicating with Flagship Species -- The Familiarity Principle and Targeting Emotions -- Amending Biodiversity Communication Messages with Social and Behavioural Economics Theories -- Communicating Biodiversity on the Frontline-A Case of Advocating for the European Union's Nature Policies -- Overview of the Fitness Check Process and Relevant Actors -- My Recollections of Our Campaign to Safeguard the European Union's Nature Directive -- Conclusions: Pry, Plan and Follow up -- References -- Index.