Crafting Magic > Conjuring Relations | Keynote | 14th International Journal of Art and Design Education Conference

Abstract

"Ecologic" in the context of art education is approached here as a complex metaphor that, at very least, blends "oikos", "ology", "art" and "education". Distinct metaphorical blends offer a myriad of ways of interconnecting art, education, and their milieu. Metaphorical blends are forms of syntactical magic (spellcasting) that generate their own grammar (grimoire). Bio-cultural metaphors are thus agents of biophillic organisation - they conjure relations and situate actions. This raises two key questions:

Q. What sort of enabling constraints might different "eco" analogies conjure, and which actions do they situate?

Q. Are there "genuinely" ecological forms of identification and if so, which eco-metaphors might best rationalise them?

Looking at salient eco-metaphors - such as "shallow" and "deep" ecology, biophillia, (dis)enchantment, magical relations, technic, and panarchy - broaches how we can establish emergent boundary rationalisations, identifications and organisational forms through tricksterish blends of existing industrial and eco-metaphors.