Résumés
Abstract
It’s axiomatic to declare that an environmental pedagogy, especially for women, queer folks, BIPOC people, assault survivors, and anyone who identifies as disabled or vulnerable, is vital to making space for ourselves geographically and psychologically in our workplaces and neighbourhoods. It is equally necessary politically at this stage of late capitalism where the spiked club of use-value is wielded to commodify everything, including our experiences of nature. Trust, risk, and the precarious present have been drawn sharply into pedagogical focus in recent years, exacerbated in the classroom and elsewhere by students’ anxieties about the future that manifest as a withdrawal from the uncertainties of the present moment, including—but not exclusive to—climate anxiety. This article’s examination of living in that shifting “now,” in classroom discussions and in writing assignments, considers the important entanglement of uncertainty and experience as they inform, or even form, hope.
Keywords:
- climate change,
- creative writing,
- environmental pedagogy,
- future,
- hope,
- nature writing,
- place,
- uncertainty
Résumé
Il va de soi qu’une pédagogie axée sur l’environnement, en particulier pour les femmes, les personnes queers, les personnes autochtones, noires et de couleur (PANDC), les victimes d’agressions, ainsi que toutes les personnes qui s’identifient comme handicapées ou vulnérables, est essentielle pour nous permettre de nous approprier l’espace physique et psychologique dans nos milieux de travail et quartiers. Elle est tout aussi nécessaire sur le plan politique, à ce stade du capitalisme tardif, où le gourdin à pointes de la valeur d’usage est brandi pour tout transformer en marchandise, y compris nos expériences de la nature. Ces dernières années, la confiance, le risque et l’instabilité du présent sont devenus des sujets pédagogiques centraux, exacerbés en classe et ailleurs par les inquiétudes des élèves face à l’avenir, les poussant à se replier sur eux-mêmes face aux incertitudes du moment présent, dont l’anxiété climatique. Cet article explore la façon de vivre dans ce « présent » changeant, que ce soit dans les discussions en classe ou dans les rédactions, en mettant en lumière l’importance du lien entre incertitudes et expérience, qui éclairent voire forgent l’espoir.
Mots-clés :
- changements climatiques,
- écriture créative,
- pédagogie axée sur l’environnement,
- espoir,
- avenir,
- écrits sur la nature,
- incertitude,
- lieu,
- incertitudeTBA
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