History of Educational Ecologies

International Research Group

Latest from HEC

A wooden puzzle as “bundle of interwoven lines”: The entwining of educational reform, curative education and artistic design

Paper presented as part of the symposium Constellations, networks, and montage: The relational nature of objects and technologies (org. I. Dussel & M. Caruso) at the International Standing Conference for the History of Education 43 in Milan. Sep. 1, 2022 ABSTRACT Inspired by Tim Ingold (2008; 2013) – as might…

Keep reading

Challenging Stagnant Hope: Educational Ecology, Public History and University Community Engagement in the History of Education

Pre-Conference Workshop at the International Santing Conference for the History of Education 43 in Milan. Aug. 30, 2022 ABSTRACT This workshop focuses on the history of the steel town Gary, Indiana. Once a symbol of educational progressivism and urban-industrial America, Gary is today the most segregated city in the United…

Keep reading

Education Time, Education Memory and the Visual: an ecological workshop

Online Workshop at the History of Education Society Annual Conference. Nov. 6, 2021 ABSTRACT The German naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) through years of close observation realised that insects’ development was influenced by the environment and interconnectedness was vital to their health. This understanding was radical in…

Keep reading