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Sustainability and creativity through mail art: A case study with young artists in universities by Alexia Sanz-Hernández; Irene Covaleda is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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Universities around the world are making considerable efforts to contribute to sustainable development through their institutional frameworks, education, research or community awareness. This article discusses how young artists connect with sustainability problems through an analysis of individual artistic creativity (visions, sources of inspiration, messages and communicative strategies) by means of a novel interpretive arts-based research methodology: mail art. A collection of mail art individually created by 29 young artists who also provide selfreports on the meaning of their work, the creation process and its intent are analyzed using a qualitative content analysis methodology complemented by an aesthetic inquiry into the artistic qualities and creative techniques of the collection. The research concludes that the collection reproduces but also produces messages promoting a sustainability culture. It promotes individual actions for sustainability with everyday creativity using expert knowledge and describes visions and attitudes expressed by young people to detect gaps and to develop a more informed education for sustainable development in universities. Although there are indi
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It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Environmental Science.
- Author
- Alexia Sanz-Hernández; Irene Covaleda
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)