The drama of resilience: learning, doing, and sharing for sustainability

Brown, Katrina; Eernstman, Natalia; Huke, Alexander R.; Reding, Nick

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“…To date, research into place, identity and empathy has tended to study these concepts independently, reflecting their evolution in the social and behavioural sciences. Hence interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and participatory approaches have significant potential, for example, through coproduction of knowledge in place-specific contexts via innovative participatory and creative methods, such as participatory theatre and role-playing (Evans et al, 2013;Bousquet et al, 2002;Brown et al, 2017). Furthermore, such approaches, along with place-based analysis, address shortcomings of the focus on individuals in social psychology, and on experiments which decontextualise and only have limited application to more collective action problems around environmental and sustainability dilemmas.…”

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“…An example of using performance to generate empathy is 'Weather the Storm', a place-based theatre used to explore the impacts of coastal flooding in a fishing community in Cornwall, UK, detailed in Brown et al (2017). 'Weather the Storm' was performed at various locations in the coastal community of Porthleven in Cornwall UK to explore the emotional impacts of, and responses to, extreme weather and coastal flooding.…”

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“…In this context, a key objective of using creative methods to observe or generate empathy is to encourage individuals to engage in imaginary perspective taking with others that participants are not experienced or accustomed to thinking about, such as distant strangers and non-human subjects. Such reflection is significantly enhanced, it is argued, by creative interventions that support transformative actions and solutions and engender emotional responses (Brown et al, 2017).…”

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Empathy, place and identity interactions for sustainability

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“…The project faces and deals with uncertainty through bridging the gap between the known and predictable to the unknown and unpredictable, or the unlikely but possible. e. Involve individual and collective thinking about actions for sustainability In order to move towards more sustainable and just futures and for institutions like IPBES to be able to craft more inclusive scenarios for sustainable futures, it is necessary to consider how to incorporate thinking about actions for sustainability at both the individual and collective level (McGrath, 2002;Floyd, 2012;Boyd et al, 2015;Sitas and Pieterse, 2017).…”

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Building capacities for transformative change towards sustainability: Imagination in Intergovernmental Science-Policy Scenario Processes

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Scenario development has been recognized as a potential method to explore future change and stimulate a reflective process that can contribute to more informed decision-making. The assessment process under IPBES (the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) has however shown that the current predominantly biophysical and economic models and scenario processes for exploring the future of biodiversity, ecosystem services and their contributions to human wellbeing are insufficient to capture the complexity and context-specific nature of the problems facing these sectors. Several important challenges have been identified that require a more in-depth analysis of where more imaginative scenario efforts can be undertaken to address this gap. In this paper, we identify six key characteristics necessary for scenario processes: adaptability across diverse contexts, inclusion of diverse knowledge and value systems, legitimate stakeholder engagement that foregrounds the role of power and politics, an ability to grapple with uncertainty, individual and collective thinking mechanisms and relevance to policy making. We compared four cases of imaginative, arts-based scenario processes that each offer aspects of meeting these criteria. These approaches emphasise the importance of engaging the imagination of those involved in a process and harnessing it as a tool for identifying and conceptualising more transformative future trajectories. Drawing on the existing literature, we argue that there is value in fostering more inclusive and creative participatory processes that acknowledge the importance of understanding multiple value systems and relationships in order to reimagine a more inclusive and just future. Based on this, we reflect on future research to understand the transformative role that imagination can play in altering and enhancing knowledge-making for global assessments, including IPBES. We conclude that creative scenario co-development processes that promote imagination and create an opening for more empathetic responses should be considered as complementary tools within the suite of methodologies used for future IPBES scenario development.

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“…Tidball's (2014) case studies in New York City, New Orleans, and Joplin, Missouri remind us, however, that material and nonmaterial symbols and rituals also play an important role in enhancing resilience in Western countries and urban contexts. His study of tree symbols and treeplanting rituals joins other social-ecological resilience studies that explore the role of culture-including theatre, music, and the visual arts-in supporting people and societies to articulate visions and build sustainable pathways (e.g., Bjordam 2012, Goldstein 2012, Brown et al 2017.…”

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Expanding the contribution of the social sciences to social-ecological resilience research

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. 2018. Expanding the contribution of the social sciences to social-ecological resilience research. Ecology and Society 23 (1) INTRODUCTIONAs we are confronted with mounting evidence of the profound and potentially irreversible impacts of human activities on the planet-encapsulated in the notion of the Anthropocene-the need to engage across a range of ways of knowing and doing becomes increasingly urgent. The intersection and interdependence of human-environment systems is seen by scholars, policy makers, and other stakeholders as providing a promising vehicle for bridging understandings and guiding actions toward a more sustainable future Folke 1998, Berkes et al. 2008).Growing attention is thus being focused on social-ecological resilience. Indeed, it is increasingly being adopted as a centerpiece of policy making, planning processes, and management strategies (e.g., Field et al. 2014; http://www.100resilientcities.org). It also is being embraced in other fora-such as civil society and social movements (e.g., the Transition Movement) and in arts and creative practice-as a means to invoke and provoke critical reflection and debates about society directions and alternative visions (e.g., Rathwell and Armitage 2016, Brown et al. 2017; https://transitionnetwork.org).The effectiveness of social-ecological resilience in informing transitions to more sustainable futures and actions depends on an understanding of biophysical, environmental, and human systems. There is widespread agreement that we need integrative research that transcends disciplinary boundaries and embraces ideas from the natural and social sciences, as well as other bodies of knowledge (e.g., Castree et al. 2014, Brondizio et al. 2016). This is not new to social-ecological resilience. Over the past decade, the field has taken a "social turn" (Brown 2013) as resilience researchers broadened their theoretical and methodological lens to incorporate insights and approaches from a wide range of non-natural science disciplines: from the social and behavioral sciences (e.g., sociology, anthropology, human geography, economics, psychology) to closely aligned interdisciplinary fields (e.g., sustainability sciences, global environmental change sciences, environmental education, architecture, planning, law) and, to some extent, the humanities (e.g., literature, philosophy, religion, arts, and music). The field also has widened its concept of what are credible knowledge practices, expanding from a positivist tradition of scientific inquiry to interpretive and participatory modes of research (e.g., Fazey et al. 2018). This crossdisciplinary engagement has gained momentum over the years, as evidenced in the expansion in number and scope of integrative work presented at the Resilience conferences since 2008 (see Bousquet et al. 2016) and related publications.This Special Feature emerged in response to this mounting crossdisciplinary appetite and the opportunity to open up a discussion about how and in what ways this collaboration can be strengthened moving forwar...

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The drama of resilience: learning, doing, and sharing for sustainability

Cited by 51 publications

References 17 publications

Empathy, place and identity interactions for sustainability

Empathy, place and identity interactions for sustainability

Building capacities for transformative change towards sustainability: Imagination in Intergovernmental Science-Policy Scenario Processes

Expanding the contribution of the social sciences to social-ecological resilience research

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