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iJADE 2025

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Crafting Magic > Conjuring Relations

Keynote address at The 14th International Journal of Art and Design Education Conference Conference (iJADE), Bristol Arnolfini, England.

“Ecologic” in the context of art education is approached here as a complex metaphor that, at very least, blends “oikos”, “ology”, “art” and “education”. Distinct metaphorical blends offer a myriad of ways of interconnecting art, education, and their milieu. Metaphorical blends are forms of syntactical magic (spellcasting) that generate their own grammar (grimoire). Bio-cultural metaphors are thus agents of biophillic organisation – they conjure relations and situate actions. This raises two key questions:

Q. What sort of enabling constraints might different “eco” analogies conjure, and which actions do they situate?

Q. Are there “genuinely” ecological forms of identification and if so, which eco-metaphors might best rationalise them?

Looking at salient eco-metaphors – such as “shallow” and “deep” ecology, biophillia, (dis)enchantment, magical relations, technic, and panarchy – broaches how we can establish emergent boundary rationalisations, identifications and organisational forms through tricksterish blends of existing industrial and eco-metaphors.
Period8 Nov 2025
Event typeConference
LocationBristol, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • ecological
  • ecologic
  • oikos
  • art
  • ecology
  • education
  • metaphor
  • analogy
  • comparison
  • magic
  • milieu
  • spells
  • biophillia
  • grimoire
  • boundary theory
  • technic
  • trickster
  • enchantment
  • disenchantment
  • panarchy

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