Event Title
Community Education: A View from the Mezzanine. A discussion of community-based education and program planning as viewed from the participant’s lens
Location
Brandenburg Hall
Start Date
16-6-2018 1:30 PM
End Date
16-6-2018 2:30 PM
Description
The Green Community Connection whose mission is to Educate, Raise Awareness, and Inspire the adoption of solution orientated sustainable activities sponsors a yearly film festival. The “One Earth Film Festival,” in its recently completed 7th year, featured 30 films in 50 venues. The topical theme for the festival is understanding climate change, sustainability and human involvement. Following the screening of the documentary “Chasing Coral” (available on Netflix), a discussion facilitated by Seamus Ford, Co-founder of Root Riot Urban Garden, drew on the experiences of Dr. George Parson, Senior Curator, Fishes at the Shed Aquarium and Chris Wells, Assistant Professor, Aurora University / The inland Ocean Collation. The audience was invited to share their experiences, expectations and steps that can be taken to affect change. While in attendance at one showing, I was intrigued by the diverging agendas of the audience / participants and the program planning necessary to support the session relative to the mission of the organization. This intersectionality of phenomenology and ethnography of attendees and examiner is the causation for discussion.
Community Education: A View from the Mezzanine. A discussion of community-based education and program planning as viewed from the participant’s lens
Brandenburg Hall
The Green Community Connection whose mission is to Educate, Raise Awareness, and Inspire the adoption of solution orientated sustainable activities sponsors a yearly film festival. The “One Earth Film Festival,” in its recently completed 7th year, featured 30 films in 50 venues. The topical theme for the festival is understanding climate change, sustainability and human involvement. Following the screening of the documentary “Chasing Coral” (available on Netflix), a discussion facilitated by Seamus Ford, Co-founder of Root Riot Urban Garden, drew on the experiences of Dr. George Parson, Senior Curator, Fishes at the Shed Aquarium and Chris Wells, Assistant Professor, Aurora University / The inland Ocean Collation. The audience was invited to share their experiences, expectations and steps that can be taken to affect change. While in attendance at one showing, I was intrigued by the diverging agendas of the audience / participants and the program planning necessary to support the session relative to the mission of the organization. This intersectionality of phenomenology and ethnography of attendees and examiner is the causation for discussion.