Balancing the Warrior and the Empathic Activist: The Role of the Transgressive Researcher in Environmental Education

Autor/inn/en	Macintyre, Thomas; Chaves, Martha
Titel	Balancing the Warrior and the Empathic Activist: The Role of the Transgressive Researcher in Environmental Education
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 22 (2017), S.80-96 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1205-5352
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Researchers; Activism; Empathy; Critical Thinking; Empowerment; Case Studies; Sustainability; Foreign Countries; Ethics; Transformative Learning; Caring; Power Structure; Cultural Influences; Ecology; Philosophy; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Researcher; Forscher; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Empathie; Kritisches Denken; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Nachhaltigkeit; Ausland; Ethik; Pädagogische Transformation; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ökologie; Philosophie; Kolumbien
Abstract	This paper explores the complex relationship between environmental education and researcher activism from the perspective of transgressive learning. With increasing interest within academia for more radical learning-based transformations for confronting sustainability challenges, come calls for more instrumental warrior stances in methodologies and research fields so as to more aggressively change ingrained unsustainable behaviour at the societal level. At the same time, in an increasingly polarized and unstable world, there is also a desire for more empathic learning approaches so as to build critical thinking and empowerment at the grassroots level through emancipatory learning. Based on case study research of a Colombian network of sustainability initiatives, this paper argues that key capacities of reflection, empathy, and courage are imperative in order for the transgressive researcher to address deep-seated socioecological challenges. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01