Collective Imagination Huddle
Ecologies of Collective Imagination
Creating and sharing ecological imagination practice
3 months 3 July- 30 Sept
Fortnightly 1.5 hr meetings
Online and IRL Bath and Dublin
What will we do together?
We will invite the huddle 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 will focus on the concept of re-imagining learning, inside and outside, researching the space of imagination and possibility, nature and welling for future generations.
We will explore how collective forms of imagination can engage individuals in actions related to environmental awareness and 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 in order to build hope for the future.
Who is it for?
- Creativity and imagination researchers as well as Possibility Studies scholars with an interest in ecological issues
- Social scientists focused on issues of sustainability who want to harness the power of the imagination
- Educators interested in fostering ecological forms of imagination and learning
- Artists whose practice focuses on environmental awareness and justice
Join us!
Foster the power of imagination and possibility thinking through contact with and a deeper understanding of nature
Empower new learning through engagement with ecological forms of imagination
Widening participation to ecological imagination and learning for environmental awareness and justice
Journey structure
Bi-weekly online meetings in July and September
Visit to Forest of Imagination in July
In person meeting in September in Bath or Dublin
Your hosts
Penny and Vlad are co-hosts
Penny Hay is an artist, educator and researcher
Vlad Glaveanu is a social psychologist and author
Penny is Professor of Imagination at Bath Spa University, specialising in arts and creative education. Her work explores the transformational power of the arts, imagination and creativity in our lives. Signature projects include Forest of Imagination and School Without Walls. Penny’s PhD research, Children are Artists, focused on how adults can support children’s learning identity as artists.
Penny is one of those exceptional educators who has been able to contribute to changing lives for students in schools right through to those in higher education settings. Her commitment to imaginative, cutting-edge practice breaks age and discipline-related boundaries and sets new standards for the innovative practice which ensues.” Dr Kerry Chappell, Associate Professor of Education, University of Exeter.
Penny Hay https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/penny-hay/
Vlad Glaveanu is Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology at Dublin City University, Ireland, and Adjunct Professor at the Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology, University of Bergen, Norway. His work explores themes related to creativity, imagination, wonder, collaboration, and culture. He is a leading figure in the field of Possibility Studies, founder and president of the Possibility Studies Network and editor of Possibility Studies and Society (Sage).
Review for Wonder: The Extraordinary Power of an Ordinary Experience
“From curiosity to awe and everything in between, including rainbows, harpies and half-forgotten deities, Glaveanu brings us to the edges of wonder — our unique human capacity that leads us towards the possibility of knowledge. This book is at once a celebration of and an ‘expanded vocabulary’ of wondering as a transformational, compulsively creative act. Utterly wonder-full and inspiring!” Bem Le Hunte, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Vlad Glaveanu https://www.dcu.ie/psychology/people/vlad-glaveanu
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vlad-Petre-Glaveanu
How will I know this huddle is for me?
Anyone with a passion to explore ecological imagination is welcome. We will be exploring questions such as:
- What is ecological imagination?
- How can nature foster imagination and learning?
- How can ecological imagination lead to environmental action?
Do I have to commit to 3 months?
It would be great to have bi-weekly online meetings in July and Sept which we can organise around our schedules, with a visit to Forest of Imagination in July and an in person meeting in September in Bath or Dublin
Interested?
Apply using this googleform by 21 June:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1k4TxnXUSPDQHI2SPM_xCyTumJMYZ_E9ME_P57z-ICqk/edit?pli=1
