CLEAN Teleconference Call May 25, 2021
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The Art and Science Partnership Guidelines
Abstract: The Art and Science Partnership Guidelines were created to support communities and organizations who hope to catalyze place-based action on environmental issues through art, science, and community collaboration. By bringing together scientists, artists, and community representatives together and merging complementary ways of knowing, inquiring and rethinking, partnerships provide new approaches to communities' environmental and social justice issues. The goal of these guidelines is not to come to a finite conclusion on how to solve problems but rather to provide support for better informed and innovative facilitation through each partnership, and to springboard partners to a new point of wonder. In Spring 2021, a preliminary draft of the guidelines was piloted in Boulder, CO. In this presentation, the guidelines and pilot will be presented along with questions that have emerged.
Bio: Patrick Chandler is a PhD candidate at the University of Colorado, Boulder who has fifteen years' experience working in and developing environmental education, stewardship, and science programs. His current focus is the co-creation of guidelines to help bring together partners from multiple epistemologies to work together on projects for a sustainable future, including working with artists and arts organizations to catalyze collective action on social and environmental issues. Recent co-authored publications include a chapter in Teaching Climate Change in the United States titled, "Teaching from the heart through the arts," (Chandler, Osnes, & Boykoff, 2020) and an article in Comedy Studies, "Good-natured comedy to enrich climate communication" (Osnes, Boykoff, & Chandler, 2019). Before beginning graduate work at Colorado University, he worked as the Education Director for the Washed Ashore Project and retains his role with them as a consultant. Washed Ashore raises awareness about marine debris by creating sculptures from items found on the beach and using those sculptures to spark changes in consumer habits. Prior to joining the Washed Ashore team, Patrick spent five years in Alaska where he taught biology for Kenai Peninsula College, served as the International Coastal Cleanup Coordinator for Alaska, and worked as the Special Programs Coordinator for the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies.
The Art and Science Partnership Guidelines are available online here: https://www.colorado.edu/outreach/ooe/sites/default/files/attached-files/art_and_science_partnership_guidelines-_final.pdf
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