Lived Experiences of Being-in-the-Forest as Experiential Sharing with the More-than-Human World

Autor/in	Häggström, Margaretha
Titel	Lived Experiences of Being-in-the-Forest as Experiential Sharing with the More-than-Human World
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 25 (2019) 9, S.1334-1346 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2019.1633275
Schlagwörter	Forestry; Experiential Learning; Self Concept; Environmental Education; Phenomenology; Inquiry; Children; Adults; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Place Based Education; Ethnography; Physical Activities; Interviews; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Selbstkonzept; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ethnografie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schweden
Abstract	This article considers human embodied relationships with the more-than-human world, in the Swedish forest context, and through a phenomenological approach. The research focuses on lived experiences of being-in-the-forest, starting in the author's experiences, using walk-and-talk conversations as inquiry process with study participants. Analysis reveals that (a) childhood experiences seem to play a crucial role in adult experiences of forests; (b) place-identity and sense of belonging are significant elements in how the participants define themselves; (c) being-in-the-forest is connected to an active, exploring and moving body and that the connection with the more-than-human world of the case study forest is deeply anchored as part of the human body. This relationship appears to be shaped through a process of constructing and reconstructing memories, practice and selfhood, and can, it seems, last a lifetime. In the long term, such relationships could have a positive impact on human connections to the more-than-human world. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01