Ecologies of collective imagination involve creating and sharing imagination practice. This modest piece of research engaged 10 artists, environmentalists, and educators to think together about how nature can be a source and a driver of the imagination and sense of possibility for individuals and communities. Together we focused on the concept of re‐imagining learning, inside and outside, researching the space of imagination and possibility, nature and well‐being for future generations. We explored how collective forms of imagination can engage individuals in actions related to environmental awareness and reparative justice, including ways of widening participation by engaging people who may have been excluded from the power of ecological learning and imagination, ultimately building aspiration and responding to change to build hope for the future. The premise of this project is that human lives are lived in the realm of the possible as much as they are in the here‐and‐now of immediate experience of the more‐than‐human world. In this project, we are interested in understanding how we imagine our lives as part of nature, focusing on the question “how can we cultivate an awareness of ‘possible lives’ in ways that respect nature and lead to more hopeful futures?” Our methodology will include opening up spaces for dialogue as a method for the construction of new theoretical and creative methodological tools and processes. This article will consider ecological imagination in the context of art and design education, and creative and eco‐pedagogies through a multimodal approach, and a combination of visuals, poetry, and narrative.

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集体想象的生态学


集体想象力的生态学涉及创造和分享想象力实践。这项规模不大的研究让 10 位艺术家、环保主义者和教育工作者共同思考大自然如何成为个人和社区想象力和可能性感的来源和驱动力。我们一起专注于重新构想内部和外部学习的概念，研究想象力和可能性的空间、自然和未来几代人的福祉。我们探讨了集体形式的想象力如何让个人参与与环境意识和赔偿正义相关的行动，包括通过让可能被排除在生态学习和想象力力量之外的人参与来扩大参与的方式，最终建立抱负并应对变化以建立对未来的希望。这个项目的前提是，人类生活在可能的领域中，就像他们生活在超越人类世界的直接体验中一样。在这个项目中，我们感兴趣的是了解我们如何将我们的生活想象为自然的一部分，重点关注“我们如何以尊重自然的方式培养对'可能的生活'的认识，并带来更充满希望的未来？我们的方法将包括开放对话空间，作为构建新的理论和创造性方法工具和过程的方法。本文将考虑艺术和设计教育背景下的生态想象，以及通过多模式方法以及视觉、诗歌和叙事相结合的创意和生态教育法。