Becoming Better Climate Educators – An Interactive Research & Arts Workshop

Tuesday, April 9th at 1pm-3pm
at The Corner (corner of Main Campus Dr. & Research Dr.)


Register now: https://live.arts.ncsu.edu/small-island-big-song/


Join NC State LIVE on April 12 at 1pm-3pm for an interactive conversation and workshop held at The Corner. Come early to purchase lunch from the food trucks, then join the artists of Small Island Big Song in conversation with Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center’s Global Change Research Fellows. Following the discussion, workshop participants will have the opportunity to explore their own research through different hands-on art techniques. 

Bring a research question or project you’ve been working on and leave with an artful way to communicate your questions, findings, or process! 

MORE ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

In 2021 UNESCO issued a 188 page report—Reimagining our Futures Together:  A New Social Contract for Education—calling for a complete reimagination of education from the ground up and  curricula that “embrace(s) an ecological understanding of humanity that rebalances the way we relate to Earth.”

In the fall of 2022, in response to the report, Small Island Big Song began hosting a series of conversations on education and climate curriculum framed around the traditional Pacific dialogue process of *Talanoa. In bringing together leading scholars, traditional knowledge keepers, and artists from the Global South, they aimed to transform the concept of knowledge itself into a verb—from something you have or don’t have into something you do, a relational activity that brings out the interconnectivity between one another, nature, and ourselves. The process has inspired the development of a multidisciplinary model for the co-creation of knowledge around climate curriculum.

 * “Talanoa” is a traditional word used in Fiji and across the Pacific to reflect a process of inclusive, participatory and transparent dialogue. The purpose of Talanoa is to share stories, build empathy and to make wise decisions for the collective good. The process of Talanoa involves the sharing of ideas, skills and experience through storytelling. During the process, participants build trust and advance knowledge through empathy and understanding. Blaming others and making critical observations are inconsistent with building mutual trust and respect, and therefore inconsistent with the Talanoa concept. Talanoa fosters stability and inclusiveness in dialogue, by creating a safe space that embraces mutual respect for a platform for decision making for a greater good.” (2018 Talanoa Dialogue Platform, UNFCCC, 2018)