Abstract
The environmental, social, cultural, and economic changes occurring in rural Scotland and across geographically remote communities in the northern and Arctic region are charged with far reaching geopolitical consequences as well as human and environmental impact that require multiple voices in dialogue. My arts based research project, Landscape in Pain, considers how art and social based practices can deal with issues that threaten society with particular reference to climate change and the industrialisation of natural resources and new forms of colonisation that involve industrial scale extraction of natural resources for export and profit, disrupt our relation to land and impact cultural heritage and identity. The premise for much of my research is based on the belief that creativity is essential for sustainable development, and that the arts can create impact, raise awareness and achieve societal change by offering imaginative approaches to the complex issues. I use drawing, film and photography to give form to the rape of the landscape, personal and collective grief, the expression of solastalgia and to make the invisible visible. The title of my ongoing research project Landscape in Pain points to the complexity of pain and the relationship between the human and non-human. This complexity is mirrored in the urgency of the climate crisis for which there is no straightforward solution.
Presenters
Roxane PermarLecturer, Creative Communities, Centre for Island Creativity, University of the Highlands and Islands Shetland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
SOCIAL ART, LANDSCAPE OF TRAUMA, EXTRACTIVISM, WIND FARMS, CLIMATE JUSTICE
