Collective Brewing: Imbuing a wet methodology of educator-practice
Abstract
Collective Brewing: Imbuing a wet methodology of educator-practice
Our presentation is an analysis of the potential pedagogical impacts within eco-aesthetics and feminist pedagogical practice through the 23rd Biennale of Sydney rīvus (2022) program anti symposium: arts pedagogy as social practice. Held across 3 days (24-26 March 2022) the anti-symposium was facilitated by three leading pedagogues Pablo Helguera (USA), Stephanie Springgay (CAN) and Angela Foley (AUS). rīvus, was led by Artistic Director Jose Roca and the Curatorium, and situated around a series of ’conceptual wetlands’ along waterways of the Gadigal, Burramatagal and Cabrogal peoples. Expanding upon this idea of the conceptual wetland, our presentation asks; How does participation and pedagogy take place within the robust conceptual framework of the biennale and how does the method of ‘brewing’ within this public pedagogy effect these interactions? By rooting our research in ‘transpedagogy’ , ‘radical pedagogy’ and ‘environmentally-led’ pedagogical practices we aim to consider the learning encounter holistically in service of the participation of diverse publics and more-than-human interactions. Through the presentation Bailey-Charteris’ will reflect upon her role as a participant in the anti-symposium and use her water-based theory of the Hydrocene to critically examine the uses of ‘hydrologics ’ in the sessions. She argues for ‘brewing’ as a way of enacting ‘transcorporeality’ between human and non-human participants of the symposium. Smith’s contribution is from the perspective of the anti-symposium Curator and facilitator. She will focus on illuminating the ‘leaky knowledge’ that emerged from the process of physical togetherness and expand upon Bailey-Charteris’ concept of the Hydrocene and ‘wetness’ as a site for potentiality