Painting Trees in the Wind: Socio-Material Ambiguity and Sustainability Politics in Early Childhood Education with Refugee Children in Denmark
| Title: | Painting Trees in the Wind: Socio-Material Ambiguity and Sustainability Politics in Early Childhood Education with Refugee Children in Denmark |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jørgensen, Nanna Jordt, Martiny-Bruun, Asger |
| Source: | Environmental Education Research. 2020 26(9-10):1406-1419. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education |
| Descriptors: | Social Differences, Cultural Differences, Environmental Education, Social Justice, Sustainability, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Politics of Education, Refugees, Ambiguity (Context), Child Care |
| Geographic Terms: | Denmark |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13504622.2019.1602755 |
| ISSN: | 1350-4622 |
| Abstract: | In this article, we explore new materialist 'common world' approaches to early childhood environmental and sustainability education and the ambition of these approaches to challenge social-material and nature-culture dichotomies often taken for granted in Western education systems. Firstly, we point out the socio-cultural inequalities inherent in taken-for-granted approaches to children and nature in Denmark, and argue that attention to children's relationships with the more-than-human should not overshadow the consideration of social justice agendas; rather, these should be seen as fundamentally linked. Secondly, while we support a greater attention towards children's experiences of living with other beings in entangled, enmeshed common worlds, we nevertheless argue against completely erasing or overlooking the extent to which these experiences are also intertwined with experiences of being separated from the world. Acknowledging the fundamental ambiguity of simultaneous immersion in, and detachment from, the world, we propose, is of key importance in terms of becoming able to take action for social and ecological sustainability. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1276281 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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