The research aims to investigate the possible educational function of audiovisual animation materials and, at the same time, given their active role in producing environmental meanings and perceptions, to encourage their use as an educational-didactic tool. The theoretical assumptions from which the research moves are those of ecocriticism (Glotfelty, 1996), a line of thought that demonstrates how mass cultural products (Garrard, 2010; dell'Agnese, 2011) play an active role in the production of ideas about the environment and consequently in conditioning human behaviour towards it. The current environmental crisis imposes a new attitude towards the environment that surrounds us, and therefore requires environmental education and the promotion of awareness of how ideas about the environment also derive from mass cultural products. The research was carried out as part of the project Greening the Visual: an Environmental Atlas of Italian Landscapes (PRIN, 2017-0422), which aims to investigate the way in which visual representations influence the community's environmental ideas by constructing an online visual atlas of Italian landscapes that constitutes a repertoire of the ways in which Italian landscapes have been represented and thus communicated. The Prin project in question involved three work units. In particular, the research unit of the University of Milan-Bicocca, to which the PhD project in question relates, dedicated itself to the analysis of representations of the coastal and marine landscape. The animation materials on which the project worked therefore concerned the pelagic space, currently at the centre of media and scientific attention thanks to the proclamation by the United Nations of the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). Attention derived from the international scientific community's recognition of the great role played by marine space in maintaining planetary equilibrium as we know it today. One of the main educational agencies is the school, and so the aim was to investigate whether it uses mass cultural products for environmental education purposes, specifically audiovisual animation materials, a language particularly well known and appreciated by children. In particular, we tried to evaluate the efficacy of these materials in promoting environmental education and ocean citizenship in primary school students. To do this, it was first necessary to investigate whether these materials are used at school and with what intentions. In addition, it was necessary to investigate if teachers' consciousness of their discursive value in constructing environmental ideas derives from them or not. The research to investigate these aspects, and to detect the state of the art, by means of a Narrative Literature Review (Bouhris, 2017) which made use of mixed methods (Maxwell, 2016; Salvadori, 2019) especially visual ones, with a predominantly qualitative approach (Mortari, Ghirotto, 2019). On the one hand, educational-geographical research was carried out on animation materials through the selection and analysis of short and long films (Panofsky, 1970; Giarelli & Tulman, 2003; Rose, 2007; Bignante, 2011) and on a national scale a questionnaire (Caselli, 2005; Pastori, 2017) to teachers working in the primary school context. On the other hand, educational-geographical research was carried out with animation materials using a participatory approach and through the research-action methodology (Nigris 1998; Baldacci, Frabboni, 2013). Focus groups involving teachers were conducted (Cataldi, 2009; Pastori, 2017) and workshops with students based on the film-elicitation technique (Bignante, 2011; Banks, Zeitlyn, 2015).

La ricerca si propone di indagare la possibile funzione educativa dei materiali audiovisivi d’animazione e, al contempo, visto il loro ruolo attivo nel produrre significati e percezioni ambientali, incentivarne l’uso come strumento educativo-didattico. I presupposti teorici da cui si muove la ricerca sono quelli dell’ecocriticism (Glotfelty, 1996), linea di pensiero che dimostra come i prodotti culturali di massa (Garrard, 2010; dell’Agnese, 2011) hanno un ruolo attivo nella produzione di idee sull’ambiente e conseguentemente nel condizionare i comportamenti umani nei confronti dello stesso. La crisi ambientale attuale impone un nuovo atteggiamento nei confronti dell’ambiente che ci circonda, richiede dunque un’azione di educazione ambientale e di promozione della consapevolezza di come le idee sull’ambiente derivino anche dai prodotti culturali di massa. La ricerca è stata costruita nell’ambito del PRIN Greening the Visual: an Environmental Atlas of Italian Landscape (2017-0422), che si propone di indagare il modo in cui le rappresentazioni visuali influenzano le idee ambientali della comunità andando a costruire un atlante visuale on-line dei paesaggi italiani. Il progetto Prin in questione ha coinvolto tre unità di lavoro, in particolare l’unità di ricerca dell’Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, a cui afferisce il suddetto progetto di dottorato, si è dedicata all’analisi delle rappresentazioni relative al paesaggio costiero e marino. I materiali d’animazione sui quali si è lavorato hanno dunque riguardato lo spazio pelagico, attualmente al centro dell’attenzione mediatica e scientifica grazie alla proclamazione da parte delle Nazioni Unite della Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). Attenzione derivata dal riconoscimento, da parte della comunità scientifica internazionale, del grande ruolo rivestito dallo spazio marino nel mantenimento dell’equilibrio planetario così come lo conosciamo oggi. Una delle principali agenzie educative è la scuola e dunque si è voluto indagare se all’interno della sua attività utilizzi con scopo di educazione ambientale prodotti culturali di massa, in particolare materiali audiovisivi d’animazione, un linguaggio particolarmente conosciuto e apprezzato dai più giovani. In particolare, cercando di valutare l’efficacia di questi materiali nel promuovere l’educazione ambientale e la cittadinanza oceanica negli studenti di scuola primaria. Per fare ciò è stato necessario in primo luogo indagare se questi materiali sono utilizzati a scuola e con quali intenti. Inoltre valutare se da essi derivi o meno la consapevolezza, da parte degli insegnanti, del loro valore discorsivo nel costruire le idee ambientali. La ricerca per indagare questi aspetti, oltre ad effettuare una ricognizione dell’esistente, tramite una Narrative Literature Review (Bouhris, 2017) si è avvalsa di metodi misti (Maxwell, 2016; Salvadori, 2019) soprattutto visuali, con un approccio prevalentemente qualitativo (Mortari, Ghirotto, 2019). Da un lato si è messa in atto una ricerca educativo-geografica sui materiali d’animazione attraverso la selezione e l’analisi di cortometraggi e lungometraggi (Panofsky, 1970; Giarelli & Tulman, 2003; Rose, 2007; Bignante, 2011) e sul loro utilizzo attraverso la somministrazione di un questionario (Caselli, 2005; Pastori, 2017) su scala nazionale a insegnanti operanti nel contesto di scuola primaria. Dall’altro lato si è svolta una ricerca educativo-geografica con i materiali d’animazione utilizzando un approccio partecipativo e attraverso la metodologia della ricerca-azione (Nigris 1998; Baldacci, Frabboni, 2013). Sono stati svolti dei focus group che hanno coinvolto gli insegnanti (Cataldi, 2009; Pastori, 2017) e dei laboratori con gli studenti basati sulla tecnica della film-elicitation (Bignante, 2011; Banks, Zeitlyn, 2015).

(2024). LE GEO-GRAFIE DEI FONDALI ANIMATI educazione ambientale marina e cittadinanza oceanica attraverso il cinema d’animazione. (Tesi di dottorato, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2024).

LE GEO-GRAFIE DEI FONDALI ANIMATI educazione ambientale marina e cittadinanza oceanica attraverso il cinema d’animazione

NERI, ERICA
2024

Abstract

The research aims to investigate the possible educational function of audiovisual animation materials and, at the same time, given their active role in producing environmental meanings and perceptions, to encourage their use as an educational-didactic tool. The theoretical assumptions from which the research moves are those of ecocriticism (Glotfelty, 1996), a line of thought that demonstrates how mass cultural products (Garrard, 2010; dell'Agnese, 2011) play an active role in the production of ideas about the environment and consequently in conditioning human behaviour towards it. The current environmental crisis imposes a new attitude towards the environment that surrounds us, and therefore requires environmental education and the promotion of awareness of how ideas about the environment also derive from mass cultural products. The research was carried out as part of the project Greening the Visual: an Environmental Atlas of Italian Landscapes (PRIN, 2017-0422), which aims to investigate the way in which visual representations influence the community's environmental ideas by constructing an online visual atlas of Italian landscapes that constitutes a repertoire of the ways in which Italian landscapes have been represented and thus communicated. The Prin project in question involved three work units. In particular, the research unit of the University of Milan-Bicocca, to which the PhD project in question relates, dedicated itself to the analysis of representations of the coastal and marine landscape. The animation materials on which the project worked therefore concerned the pelagic space, currently at the centre of media and scientific attention thanks to the proclamation by the United Nations of the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). Attention derived from the international scientific community's recognition of the great role played by marine space in maintaining planetary equilibrium as we know it today. One of the main educational agencies is the school, and so the aim was to investigate whether it uses mass cultural products for environmental education purposes, specifically audiovisual animation materials, a language particularly well known and appreciated by children. In particular, we tried to evaluate the efficacy of these materials in promoting environmental education and ocean citizenship in primary school students. To do this, it was first necessary to investigate whether these materials are used at school and with what intentions. In addition, it was necessary to investigate if teachers' consciousness of their discursive value in constructing environmental ideas derives from them or not. The research to investigate these aspects, and to detect the state of the art, by means of a Narrative Literature Review (Bouhris, 2017) which made use of mixed methods (Maxwell, 2016; Salvadori, 2019) especially visual ones, with a predominantly qualitative approach (Mortari, Ghirotto, 2019). On the one hand, educational-geographical research was carried out on animation materials through the selection and analysis of short and long films (Panofsky, 1970; Giarelli & Tulman, 2003; Rose, 2007; Bignante, 2011) and on a national scale a questionnaire (Caselli, 2005; Pastori, 2017) to teachers working in the primary school context. On the other hand, educational-geographical research was carried out with animation materials using a participatory approach and through the research-action methodology (Nigris 1998; Baldacci, Frabboni, 2013). Focus groups involving teachers were conducted (Cataldi, 2009; Pastori, 2017) and workshops with students based on the film-elicitation technique (Bignante, 2011; Banks, Zeitlyn, 2015).
TRAMMA, SERGIO
SQUARCINA, ENRICO
geografia didattica; ecocritica; film elicitation; ocean literacy; ocean citizenship
didactic geography; ecocriticism; film elicitation; ocean literacy; ocean citizenship
M-GGR/01 - GEOGRAFIA
Italian
27-feb-2024
36
2022/2023
embargoed_20270227
(2024). LE GEO-GRAFIE DEI FONDALI ANIMATI educazione ambientale marina e cittadinanza oceanica attraverso il cinema d’animazione. (Tesi di dottorato, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2024).
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