ABSTRACT

Meaningful action on climate change requires affective engagement with the human impacts of the problem. The Last Hurrah (and The Long Haul) project was developed using theatrical storytelling as a tool to provoke thought and empathy about the lived experience of climate change. Over a period of 3 years, a company of Acting students and their lecturer worked with faculty and students from a Geography department to explore climate change stories and the physical and human geographies that shape their impacts. This paper reflects on the process, highlighting opportunities and challenges for Geographers to become involved in interdisciplinary teaching and creative engagement as part of a more holistic approach to wicked problems, and explores the impact of the learning experience with the students involved. We conclude that storytelling is profoundly suited to overcoming the psychological barriers that can stand in the way of appreciating and empathizing with the implications for everyday life of an altered climate system. Recommendations are made for future interdisciplinary education projects using creative arts to address global challenges.

摘要

对气候变化采取有意义的行动需要对问题对人类的影响进行情感参与。The Last Hurray（和 The Long Haul）项目是使用戏剧叙事作为工具来激发人们对气候变化的生活体验的思考和共鸣的。在 3 年的时间里，一个由代理学生和他们的讲师组成的公司与地理系的教职员工和学生合作，探索气候变化故事以及塑造其影响的自然和人文地理。本文反思了这一过程，强调了地理学家参与跨学科教学和创造性参与的机遇和挑战，作为解决棘手问题的更全面方法的一部分，并探讨了学习经验对所涉及学生的影响。我们得出的结论是，讲故事非常适合克服心理障碍，这些障碍可能会阻碍人们欣赏和同情已改变的气候系统对日常生活的影响。为未来使用创意艺术应对全球挑战的跨学科教育项目提出了建议。