Grief-writing: Navigating ecological suffering through a relational pedagogy
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Issue Date
2022-12-04
Authors
Latremouille, Jodi
Subject
Abstract
It’s been a tough couple of years. Each one among us could list off the news
headlines as a lengthy and overwhelming reminder. And each one among us could
certainly curate a personalized list that amplifies and extends our collective sufferings.
The past couple of years have left me wondering, “what could possibly be next?” I heed
David Geoffrey Smith’s (2014) call to “reimagine new, wiser human possibilities” for our
overlapping worlds of suffering. As an educator, mother, world-lover deeply concerned
with all forms of justice, I share grief-writing: poetic stories of small-town sufferings
through floods, stories of family hurts, heartaches and loss, stories of love enduring
through hopelessness. I engage life writing and poetic inquiry to undertake a dialogue
with my own heart-memories, my loved ones, my scholarly ancestors— towards hopeful
pedagogical possibilities for healing.
Description
This article was originally published as: Latremouille, J. (2022). Grief-writing: Navigating ecological suffering through a relational pedagogy. Art/Research International, 7(2), 439-457. https://doi.org/10.18432/ari29669