ERIC Number: EJ1276273
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1350-4622
EISSN: N/A
'An Atmosphere, an Air, a Life:' Deleuze, Elemental Media, and More-Than-Human Environmental Subjectification and Education
Environmental Education Research, v26 n9-10 p1341-1352 2020
Subjectification in environmental movement education comprises an influx of more-than-human 'others,' including the classical elements: air, water, earth, fire. In this conceptual article, I consider what environmental movement education research, which includes inquiring into processes of political subjectification, might entail, when thinking with the elements. As part of this focus, I identify and propose thinking alongside an 'elemental Deleuze,' by attuning to how the elements thread through Deleuze's many works. Thinking with the elements alongside the field of elemental media studies, I turn to a series of examples from research conducted on subjectification and education in anti-oil pipeline movements in British Columbia, Canada, to suggest that the elements are productive media of atmospheres and affects that generate political 'life.' My objectives in this article are to articulate implications and ways of engaging with more-than-human forms of subjectification in environmental movements, and the implications for environmental education research.
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Environmental Education, Political Influences, Fuels, Activism, Political Attitudes, Pollution, Hazardous Materials, Foreign Countries, Humanism, Educational Research, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
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
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Canada
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A