Carl Anders Säfström is a professor of educational research and director of the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University, Ireland, as well as a Zen Meditation practitioner and an aspiring poet. His research currently focuses on the tradition of education as a practice established by the Sophists, a critique of the Platonian-Aristotelian orthodoxy dominating educational thought, and the violence, systemic as well as symbolic, following in education from such orthodoxy.Glenn Loughran is an artist and educator at the Technological University Dublin. He is co-founder and programme director of the archipelagic MA in Art and Environment, set up in 2020, and delivered across the Islands of West Cork. His research focuses on artistic research, socially engaged art, critical pedagogy, and island studies. He is a member of the Working Group on Artistic Research at the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA).

"This edited volume, drawing on subjects such as philosophy, art history, and pedagogy, makes an extraordinarily original and significant contribution to our understanding of the current post-climate era. By reimagining sustainability and addressing the troubling future of rising global temperatures and social injustice, it explores the intersection of art, education, and philosophy across all chapters. This fusion inspires creativity, not only in the world at large but also in how universities can foster a hopeful and inclusive community, nurturing a future rooted in belonging and shared purpose."Peter Dobers, Professor of Business Studies, Head of Department of Journalism, Södertörn University, Sweden"Säfström and Loughran reveal a world which we are invited to navigate with even more freedom than we can muster. They do so through the diverse spheres of a sophistic(al) heterodoxy—indeed what they call a 'patchwork ontology', which allows us to move beyond the strictures that have become the mainstay of our current polity. Being in the world anew is what, one hopes, would allow us to survive the destructive legalities by which human agency became a reified mirage. This is a fascinating book which does not simply challenge our certainties, but confirms, yet again, that the only way to make sense of and prevail in such a world, is to embrace form’s pedagogical possibilities."John Baldacchino, Professor of Art and Education, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA"An extraordinarily fine collection of authors carry the world events of pedagogy into the realm of thinking otherwise to invite the risk of beauty in our time of ecological crisis. Each chapter is a gem of engagement and provides a treasure trove of educational experiments crafted from the ethics of thinking again. On offer is a new vocabulary as openings to imagination, hospitality, and involvement, with the request to analyze one’s own situation within the learning world of others. With the medium for philosophical thought and pedagogical responsiveness, readers enter movements of wonder with fresh thinking, surprising metaphors, and views of life that welcome the coming education."Deborah P. Britzman, author of When History Returns: Psychoanalytic Quests for Humane Learning

• Introduction: Events of Art and Education in Post-climate times: Being in the World AnewCarl Anders Säfström & Glenn Loughran 1. Black Swan Pedagogy: Remnant Ecologies and Navigating the Difficulties of Disruption and Loss Sharon Todd 2. As If the World Is Waiting for Our Opinion: In Search Of a (Re)Configuration Gert Biesta 3. When the Plants Talk Back! Teaching in Response to a Call from Elsewhere Carl Anders Säfström 4. Sculptural Knowing Barbara Knežević 5. Archipelago as Form. Evental Education in a Post-climate World Glenn Loughran 6. Teaching Ecocritical Art HistoryTim Stott 7. Letting the Dead Teach: The Pedagogy of Arkadi Zaides’ Necropolis Juliette Bertoldo 8. Enabling Art to Become a Pedagogical and Therapeutic Tool in Refugee Camp Classrooms Paul O Keefe 9. Performative Pedagogy and Affective Justice: The Embodied Self and The Body Politics Fiona Woods 10. Aesthetic Experiences and Artistic Expressions in Climate Change Education Leif Östman, Katrien Van Poeck & Ellen Vandenplas ConclusionCarl Anders Säfström & Glenn Loughran

Carl Anders Säfström is a professor of educational research and director of the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University, Ireland, as well as a Zen Meditation practitioner and an aspiring poet. His research currently focuses on the tradition of education as a practice established by the Sophists, a critique of the Platonian-Aristotelian orthodoxy dominating educational thought, and the violence, systemic as well as symbolic, following in education from such orthodoxy.Glenn Loughran is an artist and educator at the Technological University Dublin. He is co-founder and programme director of the archipelagic MA in Art and Environment, set up in 2020, and delivered across the Islands of West Cork. His research focuses on artistic research, socially engaged art, critical pedagogy, and island studies. He is a member of the Working Group on Artistic Research at the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA).

"This edited volume, drawing on subjects such as philosophy, art history, and pedagogy, makes an extraordinarily original and significant contribution to our understanding of the current post-climate era. By reimagining sustainability and addressing the troubling future of rising global temperatures and social injustice, it explores the intersection of art, education, and philosophy across all chapters. This fusion inspires creativity, not only in the world at large but also in how universities can foster a hopeful and inclusive community, nurturing a future rooted in belonging and shared purpose."Peter Dobers, Professor of Business Studies, Head of Department of Journalism, Södertörn University, Sweden"Säfström and Loughran reveal a world which we are invited to navigate with even more freedom than we can muster. They do so through the diverse spheres of a sophistic(al) heterodoxy—indeed what they call a 'patchwork ontology', which allows us to move beyond the strictures that have become the mainstay of our current polity. Being in the world anew is what, one hopes, would allow us to survive the destructive legalities by which human agency became a reified mirage. This is a fascinating book which does not simply challenge our certainties, but confirms, yet again, that the only way to make sense of and prevail in such a world, is to embrace form’s pedagogical possibilities."John Baldacchino, Professor of Art and Education, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA"An extraordinarily fine collection of authors carry the world events of pedagogy into the realm of thinking otherwise to invite the risk of beauty in our time of ecological crisis. Each chapter is a gem of engagement and provides a treasure trove of educational experiments crafted from the ethics of thinking again. On offer is a new vocabulary as openings to imagination, hospitality, and involvement, with the request to analyze one’s own situation within the learning world of others. With the medium for philosophical thought and pedagogical responsiveness, readers enter movements of wonder with fresh thinking, surprising metaphors, and views of life that welcome the coming education."Deborah P. Britzman, author of When History Returns: Psychoanalytic Quests for Humane Learning

• Introduction: Events of Art and Education in Post-climate times: Being in the World AnewCarl Anders Säfström & Glenn Loughran 1. Black Swan Pedagogy: Remnant Ecologies and Navigating the Difficulties of Disruption and Loss Sharon Todd 2. As If the World Is Waiting for Our Opinion: In Search Of a (Re)Configuration Gert Biesta 3. When the Plants Talk Back! Teaching in Response to a Call from Elsewhere Carl Anders Säfström 4. Sculptural Knowing Barbara Knežević 5. Archipelago as Form. Evental Education in a Post-climate World Glenn Loughran 6. Teaching Ecocritical Art HistoryTim Stott 7. Letting the Dead Teach: The Pedagogy of Arkadi Zaides’ Necropolis Juliette Bertoldo 8. Enabling Art to Become a Pedagogical and Therapeutic Tool in Refugee Camp Classrooms Paul O Keefe 9. Performative Pedagogy and Affective Justice: The Embodied Self and The Body Politics Fiona Woods 10. Aesthetic Experiences and Artistic Expressions in Climate Change Education Leif Östman, Katrien Van Poeck & Ellen Vandenplas ConclusionCarl Anders Säfström & Glenn Loughran