Exploring posthuman pedagogies: the practice and ethics of decentring the human
Philosophical posthumanism attempts to decentre the human so that in a world dominated by humanity we can learn to understand the complex interdependencies in which we are embroiled. This paper examines the practice of decentring the human as an ethical pedagogical method for environmental educatio...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Early Childhood Education Association Finland
2019-12-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Early Childhood Education Research |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/jecer/article/view/114117 |
| _version_ | 1828112837833129984 |
|---|---|
| author | Raichael Lock |
| author_facet | Raichael Lock |
| author_sort | Raichael Lock |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Philosophical posthumanism attempts to decentre the human so that in a world dominated by humanity we can learn to understand the complex interdependencies in which we are embroiled. This paper examines the practice of decentring the human as an ethical pedagogical method for environmental education working with two posthumanist pedagogies, firstly Taylor’s (2013) common worlds and secondly Lenz Taguchi’s (2010) intra-active pedagogy. Instances of decentring are drawn from researching the practices of the Manchester Environmental Education Network (MEEN), an environmental education charity working with inner-city schools on the ‘Workshops for Wildlife’ project. As encounters with other beings can be unpredictable the project included pupils’ stories of animal encounters. But can such tales decentre humans into re-imagining ethical human/animal relations? Working with the ethics of encounter, inclusion and diffractive methods this paper explores how responsive pedagogical practices decentre the human. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-11T11:55:19Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9afdaeff4d314736951cea05780401d7 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2323-7414 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-11T11:55:19Z |
| publishDate | 2019-12-01 |
| publisher | Early Childhood Education Association Finland |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Early Childhood Education Research |
| spelling | doaj.art-9afdaeff4d314736951cea05780401d72022-12-22T04:25:10ZengEarly Childhood Education Association FinlandJournal of Early Childhood Education Research2323-74142019-12-0182Exploring posthuman pedagogies: the practice and ethics of decentring the humanRaichael Lock0University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Education, U.K. Philosophical posthumanism attempts to decentre the human so that in a world dominated by humanity we can learn to understand the complex interdependencies in which we are embroiled. This paper examines the practice of decentring the human as an ethical pedagogical method for environmental education working with two posthumanist pedagogies, firstly Taylor’s (2013) common worlds and secondly Lenz Taguchi’s (2010) intra-active pedagogy. Instances of decentring are drawn from researching the practices of the Manchester Environmental Education Network (MEEN), an environmental education charity working with inner-city schools on the ‘Workshops for Wildlife’ project. As encounters with other beings can be unpredictable the project included pupils’ stories of animal encounters. But can such tales decentre humans into re-imagining ethical human/animal relations? Working with the ethics of encounter, inclusion and diffractive methods this paper explores how responsive pedagogical practices decentre the human.https://journal.fi/jecer/article/view/114117practicedecentringethicsenvironmental education |
| spellingShingle | Raichael Lock Exploring posthuman pedagogies: the practice and ethics of decentring the human Journal of Early Childhood Education Research practice decentring ethics environmental education |
| title | Exploring posthuman pedagogies: the practice and ethics of decentring the human |
| title_full | Exploring posthuman pedagogies: the practice and ethics of decentring the human |
| title_fullStr | Exploring posthuman pedagogies: the practice and ethics of decentring the human |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring posthuman pedagogies: the practice and ethics of decentring the human |
| title_short | Exploring posthuman pedagogies: the practice and ethics of decentring the human |
| title_sort | exploring posthuman pedagogies the practice and ethics of decentring the human |
| topic | practice decentring ethics environmental education |
| url | https://journal.fi/jecer/article/view/114117 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT raichaellock exploringposthumanpedagogiesthepracticeandethicsofdecentringthehuman |