Collaborative Call-and-response Engagement with Bioplastic
Creators: name: Okore, Nnenna
name: Burke, Geraldine
name: Miles, Melissa
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 360199
subject: Art history, theory and criticism not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 390101
subject: Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 360602
subject: Fine arts
classificationCode: 460699
subject: Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 401199
subject: Environmental engineering not elsewhere classified

description: <b><sup>Bioplastic investigations by</sup></b><sup>· <i>Nnenna Okore</i></sup><sup>· <i>Geraldine Burke</i></sup><sup>· <i>Melissa Miles</i></sup><i><sup><br></sup></i><b><i><sup> </sup></i></b><i><b><sup>(This Figshare entry links to the visual essay ‘Beyond the matter: Collaborative learning with bioplastic and Padlet’ (In Press 2022)</sup></b></i><b><i><sup> </sup></i></b><sup><b>KEY TERMS: </b>Bioplastic, call-and-response, eco-pedagogy, art-based inquiry, Padlet exploration, socially engaged learning, COVID-related learning, collaborative practice</sup><b><i><sup> </sup></i></b><b><sup>Call and response Bioplastic Investigations</sup></b><sup>The call-and-response bioplastic research draws on African and Western materialist perspectives that support intensive and elastic participation by human and nonhuman collaborators (Kariamu Welsh-Asante 1996). Used as an important pedagogical tool for social engagements, our call-and-response research with bioplastic embodies cohesiveness, and generative learning that is beneficial to all involved.</sup><b><sup> </sup></b><b><sup>Call-and-response Padlet Investigations</sup></b><sup>Resulting from a web-based Padlet exploration with text, images and web links, these vignettes show how research participants (Nnenna Okore, Geraldine Burke and Melissa Miles) engage with ‘call-and-response’ provocations (Okore, 2022) to bioplastic, to creatively reflect of the waste issue.</sup> <b><sup>Space for Social Engagement during the Pandemic</sup></b><sup>In times of COVID, the online Padlet tool served as a useful tool for the research participants to enliven dialogue, creative experience, and learnings around waste through provocations, exchanges and art-making. The online platform offered a space for multilayered artful interventions with bioplastics.</sup> <b><sup>Far-reaching Eco-pedagogies activated by Padlet</sup></b><sup>The Padlet call-and-response experience fostered other connections in our homes and kitchens; and with friends, family and other nonhuman co-actants. It invited different conversations and eco-pedagogies beyond the online platform.</sup> <b><sup>References</sup></b><sup>Kariamu Welsh-Asante. (1996). African Dance: An Artistic, Historical, and Philosophical Inquiry. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press</sup><sup>Nnenna Okore. (2022). Making Kin. Exhibition Catalogue, North Park University, Chicago. (In press, 2022)</sup><b><i><sup>Images</sup></i></b><sup><i>1. An invitation_Call-and-response with bioplastic<br></i></sup><sup><i>2. Getting to know the bioplastic_ the abject effect<br></i></sup><sup><i>3. The overwhelming and discomforting effect of waste<br></i></sup><sup><i>4. A packet of provocation calls on Geraldine, Melissa, and Nnenna to play <br></i></sup><sup><i>5. Domestic experiments with bioplastic<br></i></sup><sup><i>6. Nnenna's inspired responses to Melissa's kitchen experiments<br></i></sup><sup><i>7. Geraldine's playful experimentation_Contrasting material properties<br></i></sup><sup><i>8. Speculative possibilities of bioplastic_ serious play<br></i></sup><sup><i>9. Reflections in action_where to next?</i><br></sup><br>