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Catalyst: Art in the Time of Environmental Crisis

Gangaware, Morgan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors171395548180278

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2024, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, Environmental Studies.
Climate change, a global problem growing in severity and urgency, is one that touches all of us, regardless of where in the world we live, learn, and grow. In light of entities such as the IPCC and UNESCO emphasizing the need for climate education, schools all over the world are incorporating climate change education into their curriculums. However, climate change is an interdisciplinary issue, and the common approaches to climate education focus heavily on the natural and physical sciences. Although important, the scientific reality of climate change, i.e. the natural and physical science, is not the entire story. Art is a powerful tool that has been utilized throughout modern history to communicate issues of injustice and inequity, often doing so in a way that evokes emotional response - the kinds of responses that lead to behavior change and action. Art that tells the stories of climate change and other environmental issues is a relatively new development, but the art that has emerged shows us that it is emotionally powerful. The use of art as an environmental communication tool has the ability to motivate change. In order to explore this capability of art further, I made my own piece - to be an appalachian woman - and exhibited it on Ohio University’s campus for five days. At this exhibition, onlookers were invited to leave behind sentiments about what the piece said to them. These comments revealed that to be an appalachian woman succeeded in telling a comprehensible story about Appalachian women and environmental justice, and further, succeeded in evoking emotional responses in the viewers.
Nancy Manring (Advisor)
34 p.
Climate Change; Environmental Studies
art; climate change; climate education; environmental justice; Appalachia

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  • Gangaware, M. (2024). Catalyst: Art in the Time of Environmental Crisis [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors171395548180278

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gangaware, Morgan. Catalyst: Art in the Time of Environmental Crisis. 2024. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors171395548180278.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gangaware, Morgan. "Catalyst: Art in the Time of Environmental Crisis." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors171395548180278

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