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Document Type
Book Chapter or Section
Publication Date
Spring 6-2-2025
Abstract
Recognizing that libraries serve multiple constituencies and subject areas, this chapter documents and advocates for development of transdisciplinary arts-based research (ABR) and culture-related projects linked to environmental challenges. Libraries contribute collections and spaces, as well as the research of library and information scientists. Libraries are currently among invisible contributors to sustainability planning and services. The chapter will link this invisibility to the value of what visual arts refer to as negative space elements in subjects ranging from traditional ecological knowledge to environmental science. Library collections, projects, and research contribute to education for sustainable development (ESD) as required to achieve the United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ABR methodology combines principles of creative arts in the realms of research or interventions which allows for input from multiple methodologies, epistemologies, content areas, and geographies. The ABR methodology is adaptable and can be used with mixed methods, individual or group data gathering or creation, discussion, and/or metaphorical thinking to support investigations of problems, the identification of new patterns, and interpretation. Respectful of stakeholder consent and engagement, libraries can support co-created content knowledge. These endeavors align with UNESCO’s roadmap for Education for Sustainable Development (2020). Arts methodologies can provide paths for libraries to include marginalized or vulnerable populations in documentation of, and access to, environmental knowledge.
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This chapter was published in:
Hauke, P., Mocatta, A., & Nga Ian Pun, P. (Eds.) (2025). Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111336466-005