In an earlier work, we suggested that connection, compassion and creativity could be used as key analytical dimensions of transformative place-based learning (Pisters et al. in Emot Sp Soc 34(8):100578, 2019). This analytical framework was created to study processes of place-based transformative learning which evoke shifts in our consciousness. This inner change might well be critical in the development of regenerative practices and places. This article aims to critically investigate the framework empirically using life-story interviews with people living in three different ecovillages. Ecovillages are so-called intentional communities which aim to develop sustainable, regenerative ways of living. Methodologically, the research is grounded in an ethnography and narrative inquiry. Following the empirical results, we will reflect on the merits and shortcomings of the analytical framework. The article concludes that the framework proved useful for its purpose if it includes a fourth dimension of 'transgression' and portraits the dimensions as continua.

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内在变化和可持续性举措：通过基于场所的变革性学习方法探索生态村民的叙述

在较早的工作中，我们建议将联系，同情心和创造力用作变革性的基于地点的学习的关键分析维度（Pisters等人，Emot Sp Soc 34（8）：100578，2019）。创建此分析框架是为了研究基于场所的变革性学习的过程，该过程引起我们意识的转变。这种内在变化对于再生做法和场所的发展可能至关重要。本文旨在通过对生活在三个不同生态村庄中的人们进行生活故事访谈，以经验方式对框架进行批判性研究。生态家是所谓的有意社区，旨在发展可持续的，可再生的生活方式。从方法上讲，该研究基于民族志和叙事探究。根据实验结果，我们将反思分析框架的优缺点。文章得出的结论是，如果该框架包含“违规”的第四个维度并将其表示为连续的，则证明对该框架有用。