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

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