Earth Notes: General Bibliography (SusCC2024aesthetics)

• [SusCC2024aesthetics] Sustainability, Imagination and Aesthetics (accessed 2024-06-26), editor(s) Carl Thompson, Institute for Sustainability at University of Surrey, Sustainability, Creativity and Communication research group, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK, 2024-06, PDF (conference) (BibTeX).
  abstract

  How should literature, art, film and other creative media respond to the growing environmental crisis? How can they best assist the dual project of mitigating the threats we face and fashioning a more sustainable future? The poet William Blake proposes that before we can build such a future we must first imagine it. What is the nature and role of imagination and creativity in this context? What new imaginings do we need to inspire individuals, businesses and governments to take meaningful action against climate change and other environmental challenges? What work can be done in this regard by established artistic forms and literary genres, and where is there perhaps a need to develop more radically innovative, experimental forms and genres? And what lessons and potential strategies for communicating and promoting sustainability do creative engagements with this theme offer those working in other sectors such as education, conservation, heritage, science and technology? Can the arts and creative practices create democratic spaces for imagining sustainable futures and diversifying mainstream visions?