Co-Creativity and Engaged Scholarship: Transformative Methods in Social Sustainability Research

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction: Sustainability Science as Co-Creative Research Praxis
	Introduction
	‘Making a Difference’: Transformative Research Agendas
	Conceptualizing (Co-)creativity as Relational and Emergent Praxis
	Research as Co-Creative Praxis
	Nurturing Co-Creative Research Encounters
	Co-creativity and the Transformative Potential of Sustainability Science
	Introducing Co-Creative Research in Practice
	References
2 Painting Outside the Lines: Transgressing the Managerial University, Avoiding Forced Creativity
	Introduction
	The Managerial University and the De-Politicization of the Public Sphere
	The Values of Managerial Knowledge Production
		Don’t Bite the Hand that Funds You
	The Danger of Forced Creativity
		Latent Risks in Creative and Arts-Based Methods
		Artwashing
		Funding Tricks
	Conclusions
	References
3 Cooking Commoning Subjectivities: Guerrilla Narrative in the Cooperation Birmingham Solidarity Kitchen
	Introduction
	Democratizing Knowledge Through Militant Research
	Guerrilla Narrative
	From crises of Social Reproduction to Commoning and Mutual Aid
	The Cooperation Birmingham Newsletter
	Embodying Guerrilla Narrative in the solidarity kitchen
	Conclusions
	References
4 Participative and Decolonial Approaches in Environmental History
	Introduction
	“To Include” in Historical Research
	Participation, Decoloniality and History
	Environmental History, Decoloniality and Participative Methods
		Memory
	Conclusions
	References
5 An Ethos and Practice of Appreciation for Transformative Research: Appreciative Inquiry, Care Ethics, and Creative Methods
	Introduction
	A Caring and Resourceful Approach to Transformative Research: Insights from the Literature
	Appreciative Inquiry and an Ethos of Appreciation
	An Ethos of Appreciation in Practice: An Account from the Field Using Creative Methods
		Empirical Study: A Three-Year Collaboration with Green Care Practitioners in Finland
		Method No. 1—‘Circle of Objects’: Creating Knowledge in Relationships
		Method No. 2—‘Creating with the Soil’: Enabling Just and Sustainable Coexistence
		Method No.3—‘Council of Beings’: Questioning Taken for Granted Realities
		Method No. 4—‘Letters from the Future’: Illuminating the Miracle of Life
		Method No. 5—‘Vision Tree’: Envisioning New Possibilities
	Discussion
	Conclusions
	References
6 Imaginative Leadership: A Conceptual Frame for the Design and Facilitation of Creative Methods and Generative Engagement
	Introduction
	Developing Creative Methods Workshops to Support Imaginative Leadership: An Overview of the Research Process
		Phase 1: Exploration
		Phase 2: Collaborative Workshop Design
		Phase 3: Execution
		Phase 4: Reflection
	Sensitizing Concepts: Imaginative Leadership and Transformative Mindsets
	Identifying Transformative Mindsets
	Putting Theory in to Practice: Designing and Facilitating Creative Methods for Transformative Engagement
		Action Hub: Arts-based Methods for Transformative Design
		Imaginative Leadership: Co-producing with Nature and Communities (for Frontline Staff in Welsh Government)
		Acknowledging Limits
	Putting Practice into Theory: Another Look at Transformative Mindsets for Imaginative Leadership
	Conclusion
	References
7 Insights and Inspiration from Explorative Research into the Impacts of a Community Arts Project
	Introduction
	Community Resilience and the Arts
	Evaluating Impact
	PeerGrouP, Grutte Pier and the Research Project
	Researching a Community Arts Project
	A Project as Strong as Grutte Pier Himself?
	Lessons Learned
	References
8 How to Nurture Ground for Arts-Based Co-Creative Practice in an Invited Space: Reflections on a Community in North Netherlands
	Introduction
	The Concept of Invited Spaces
		Invited Spaces as a Situational Constraint
		Participatory Action Research: An Overview
		The Art of Invitation: Becoming a Voluntary Instrument of a Community
	Methodology
		Research Methods
		Context of the Case
		Outline of the Engagement Process
	Results and Reflections
		Power Dynamics and Community Agency Within the Invited Space
		Building Connections via the Art of Invitation
		The Emergence of Shared Stories and Wishes via the Art of Invitation
		Time Constraints
		Summing Up
	Conclusions
	References
9 Reflections on Doing Cross-Cultural Research Through and with Visual Methods
	Introduction
	The Study: Talking About Art Through Photo Elicitation
	Adaptation of Interview Questions
	The Difficulty of Translating Life and Practices Under Cultural Differences
	Opening up New Ways of Seeing Through Photo Elicitation
	Conveying Research Results Through Visual Illustrations
	Conclusions: ‘Seeing’ Meanings Beyond Language
	References
10 The Eye of the Beholder: Applying Visual Analysis in an Historical Study of Lynxes’ Representations in the Bavarian Forest Region
	Introduction
	Seeing as a Creative Process
	Wildlife Photography
	Methodology
	Seeing the Lynx
	Discussion
	Conclusions
	References
11 Back to the Drawing Board: Creative Mapping Methods for Inclusion and Connection
	Introduction
	Social Cartography: A Method for Inclusion
		Origins, Academic Use, and Criticism
		Research and Activism
	Deep Mapping: A Method for Connection
		From Space to Place: The Process of Connection
		Literary Cartography
		Beyond Literature
	Conclusions
	References
12 ‘Getting Deep into Things’: Deep Mapping in a ‘Vacant’ Landscape
	Openings
	The Arts Research Approach of Deep Mapping
		Polyvocal
		Generative
		Open-Ended
	Methodology
		Interviews
		Observational Drawings
	Uncoverings: Reflections on a Deep Mapping Method in Practice
		Divergence
		Disruption
		Absence
	The Role of the Researcher: The Place, the Map and Me
	Conclusions
	References
13 Engaging ‘Future Generations’ in Meaning Making through Visual Methods: An Alternative Approach to Defining City-Regions
	Introduction
	Visual Methods and Participatory Research
	Using Maps and Photos in Research—A Brief Literature Review
	Exploring Cardiff Capital Region with Its Future Generations
		Participant Selection
		Web-Mapping Workshops
		Photovoice Workshops
	Reflecting on the Experience
	Conclusions
	References
14 Technology as a Tool for Environmental Engagement. The Case of Digital Participatory Mapping (DPM)
	Introduction
		Participatory Mapping Origins
		Putting Participation in GIS
		Description of Digital PM Tools
		DPM and Transdisciplinary Research: Towards more Democratic Participation Practices
	Case Studies
		Case Study 1: My Green Place Ghent
		Case Study 2: Multi-Level Governance and Partaking in Research on the Greenmapper
	Building on the Case Studies: Challenges and Opportunities of DPMs
		Forced Creativity in DPM
		Data Quality: Precision and Accuracy
		Digital Tools: Complementary to rather than Substitutes for Traditional Methods
	Conclusions
		DPM and What Lies Ahead
	References
15 Living Labs: A Creative and Collaborative Planning Approach
	Introduction
	Theoretical Aspects of Living Labs
		The Origins of Living Labs
		What are Living Labs?
	Living Labs as a Planning Method:
		Phase 1: Initiation
		Phase 2: Preparation
		Phase 3: Co-Creative Design
		Phase 4: Evaluation and Link with Formal Decision-Making
		Phase 5: Feedback
	Reflections on the Use of Living Labs as a Planning Method
	Recommendations for Using a LL as a Planning Method
	References
16 Supporting Institutional Transformations: Experimenting with Reflexive and Embodied Cross-Boundary Research
	Introduction
	The Importance of Cultural Transformation for Wider Sustainability Transformations
	Embodied and Accompanying Research
		Formative Accompanying Research (FAR) Framework
			The Embodied Researcher
	Co-creating Transdisciplinary Communities of Practice—A Journey
		Embarking on a Transdisciplinary Journey
		Formative Moment #1
		Formative Moment #2
		Formative Moment #3
	Discussion
	Conclusions
	References
17 How to Make Policy-Makers Care about “Wicked Problems” such as Biodiversity Loss?—The Case of a Policy Campaign
	Introduction
	Biodiversity as a Diffuse Problem—And Other Inconvenient Truths
	Ways and Strategies for Communicating Biodiversity Messages
	Communicating with Ecosystem Services
	Communicating with Flagship Species
	The Familiarity Principle and Targeting Emotions
	Amending Biodiversity Communication Messages with Social and Behavioural Economics Theories
	Communicating Biodiversity on the Frontline—A Case of Advocating for the European Union’s Nature Policies
		Overview of the Fitness Check Process and Relevant Actors
	My Recollections of Our Campaign to Safeguard the European Union’s Nature Directive
	Conclusions: Pry, Plan and Follow up
	References
Index