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Artistic Speculations and Pedagogical Challenges: Facing the Anthropocene

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In this chapter, I explore the question of speculation as developed by the Object-Oriented Ontologies in relation to contemporary art as well as the precarity of the earth, which directly involves the Anthropocene. The pedagogy of art and design is raised in relation to these developments.

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jagodzinski, j. (2019). Artistic Speculations and Pedagogical Challenges: Facing the Anthropocene. In: Schizoanalytic Ventures at the End of the World. Palgrave Studies in Educational Futures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12367-3_11

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