Art with Arctic Land and Communities

Kuvaus

This presentation reflects on the role of Arctic art and art education within the wider sustainability transformation. It examines strategies, methods, and practices in arts education that respond to urgent ecological, cultural, and social challenges. I present principles of action for decolonising art and education in the Arctic, foregrounding approaches that respect Indigenous and Northern knowledges, heritage, and community voices.
Artists and art educators bring forward alternative and often underrepresented perspectives on the North, challenging dominant imaginaries of the region. They engage broader publics in conversations about place, identity, culture, and resilience, offering grounded, lived, and critical perspectives that reframe how the Arctic is seen and understood.
When artistic approaches are integrated with educational intent and sustainability aims, artists and educators collaborate closely with communities and with Land. Such practices listen to Elders, respect traditional knowledge, and simultaneously remain future-oriented, envisioning art education as a force for cultural resilience and social transformation. This integration underscores art as a mode of collective imagination and as a catalyst for rethinking relations between people, culture, and environment.
This presentation positions artists and educators as active agents in shaping more just, inclusive, and sustainable Arctic futures. Through practices of art that listen to, respond to, and co-create with Land and people, art education becomes both a reflective and generative practice. It engages critically with colonial histories and contemporary challenges and nurtures new possibilities for resilience, belonging, and sustainability in the North.

Aikajakso	7 marrask. 2025
Tapahtuman otsikko	Kasvatustieteen päivät 2025: Kasvatus ja tutkimus – kohti kestävää ja globaalia tulevaisuutta
Tapahtuman tyyppi	Konferenssi
Sijainti	Rovaniemi, SuomiNäytä kartalla
Vaikuttavuus / laajuus	Kansallinen