TY - CHAP
T1 - Preface
T2 - Introduction to land-based art and design education
AU - Huhmarniemi, Maria
AU - Burnett, Kathryn A.
AU - O'Grady, Aubyn
N1 - First published in 2025 by InSEA Publications. The content of the texts is the sole responsibility of (the) authors. Reproduction is permitted,
as long as the full original source is cited: Huhmarniemi, M., Burnett, K. & O’Grady, A. (Eds.). (2025). Relate North: Lessons of the Land. InSEA Publications.
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Editors: Maria Huhmarniemi, Kathryn Burnett and Aubyn O’Grady
Kathryn A. Burnett, Dr., is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Arts and Media, University
of the West of Scotland, teaching across inter-disciplinary research and teaching
programmes in Creative Arts and Media Practice. With a background in social anthropology,
sociology, and cultural studies, Kathryn’s research interests include the mediatization
and representation of remote and island spaces; identity, place, and ‘commons’
narratives of Scotland; arts policy, cultural work and Scottish cultural heritage contexts;
and the sustainability ecologies and enterprise cultures of small island and ‘remote rural’
communities.
Email: [email protected]
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7329-6699
Maria Huhmarniemi, DA, is a Vice Dean and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts
and Design, University of Lapland. She is dedicated to art and research that enhances
cultural sustainability in the Arctic and promotes Arctic art and art education. She has
created socially and environmentally engaged art, pioneering arts-based methods to address
societal needs. Huhmarniemi is UArctic Chair in Arctic Art and Design and she
leads the Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design network.
Email: [email protected]
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-0679
Aubyn O’Grady (Dr.) is the Program Director of the Yukon School of Visual Arts (Yukon
SOVA) in Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory, Dawson City, Yukon (Canada). Aubyn’s
research-creation practice is concerned with artist-led schools, the ethics of site-specific
and land-based artworks, and artist engagements with rural places. Her art practice
requires frequent and enthusiastic collaborations, and Aubyn can be credited with
conceptualizing the Dawson City League of Lady Wrestlers (2013-2017), the Swimming
Lessons Aquatic Lecture series (2017-2018), Local Field School (2020+), and Drawlidays
(2019, 2020), a Dawson City-wide portrait exchange. Though her work is rarely
meant to travel, documentation of Aubyn’s projects have been featured in exhibitions
at the Younger Than Beyonce Gallery (ON, Canada), the Art Museum at the University
of Toronto (ON, Canada), and the ODD Gallery (YT, Canada). Her work has also been
the subject of a documentary; The League of Lady Wrestlers (2018), directed by Amy
Siegel.
Email: [email protected]
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5416-93
PY - 2025/11/30
Y1 - 2025/11/30
N2 - The twelfth volume in the Relate North series explores art, design, craft, and education in the North, Arctic, and near-Arctic regions. Produced by the Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) network of the University of the Arctic and published by the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA), this volume brings together diverse perspectives on Land-Based education in the arts. Contributors recognise the Land as a vibrant teacher, with agency that shapes learning on, through, and with the Land. Indigenous pedagogies and research inform these chapters, offering insights into how creative practices, wellbeing, and worldviews are deeply interconnected with the Land. While set in Circumpolar regions—including Scandinavia, Greenland, and Canada—the themes resonate far beyond the North, inspiring educators, artists, and researchers worldwide to embrace the lessons of the Land in art and design education.
AB - The twelfth volume in the Relate North series explores art, design, craft, and education in the North, Arctic, and near-Arctic regions. Produced by the Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) network of the University of the Arctic and published by the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA), this volume brings together diverse perspectives on Land-Based education in the arts. Contributors recognise the Land as a vibrant teacher, with agency that shapes learning on, through, and with the Land. Indigenous pedagogies and research inform these chapters, offering insights into how creative practices, wellbeing, and worldviews are deeply interconnected with the Land. While set in Circumpolar regions—including Scandinavia, Greenland, and Canada—the themes resonate far beyond the North, inspiring educators, artists, and researchers worldwide to embrace the lessons of the Land in art and design education.
KW - art & design education
KW - pedagogy
KW - creative practice
KW - land identity
KW - indigenous culture
KW - indigenous knowledge
KW - sustainable cities and communities
KW - creative media
KW - creative arts
U2 - 10.24981/2025-RNLL
DO - 10.24981/2025-RNLL
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789893661925
SN - 9789893661918
VL - 12
SP - 6
EP - 12
BT - Relate North
A2 - Huhmarniemi, Maria
A2 - Burnett, Kathryn
A2 - O'Grady, Aubyn
PB - InSEA Publications
CY - São Salvador, Portugal
ER -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production