Embodied Ecology / Deep Encounters in Hybrid Place(s): Schumacher College

Movement, Mind and Ecology is a Master’s program offered through Schumacher College, UK which connects communities across different geographic locations using an hybrid teaching framework that recognises the potential of transformative education across disciplines. This program aims through transdisciplinary embodied practice delivered across hybrid platforms, to connect global students across different ecological worlds through movement-based thinking and immersive encounters with the more-than-human. In the context of our global pandemic, we recognise the importance of promoting and connecting resilient learning communities mapping across bio-regions in response to distinct ecological challenges moving at different scales. This paper will reflect on how Schumacher College provides a holistic and transformative educational framework that encourages a unique intersection of embodied practice, environmental philosophy, and ecological thinking.

Speakers Bios:
Dr. Pavel Cenkl is Head of Schumacher College, and oversees Programme Development for Movement, Mind, and Ecology.

Dr. Rachel Sweeney is Programme Lead and Senior Lecturer for Movement, Mind, and Ecology at Schumacher College.

Dr. Marie Metenier is Associate Lecturer for Movement, Mind, and Ecology at Schumacher College.

This session was recorded at the Re-Imagining Education Conference 2.0, hosted by the Ecoversities Alliance and partnering organizations and communities from around the world. It is an annual online conference to radically re-imagine the future of higher education. In 2022, it was held from February 24th to the 27th.