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The Dartington Hall Trust: Movement, Mind and Ecology

Institution The Dartington Hall Trust
Department Schumacher College
Web https://www.dartington.org/
Study type Taught

Summary

This programme explores the rich intersection of embodied practice, environmental philosophy, and ecological thinking. Literally grounded in the experience of its participants to place, this programme has the capacity to reshape our relationship to place, to nature, and to ourselves. We live in an era when climate change has become broadly accepted, yet the majority of economic, social, and legislative systems have not substantively changed to meet the challenges of a warming climate.

This programme gives students the tools to bring about that change, by helping communities and individuals reconnect with the places in which they live through physical activity, and through this fresh engagement with the lived environments provides opportunities to reframe our relationship with the more-than-human world.

By drawing on the expertise of existing faculty and staff at Schumacher College, specialists in movement ecology, critical mobility studies, embodiment and ecosomatics, systems thinking, and on world-renowned experts in a wide range of physical pursuits – from record-holding free divers, high altitude alpinists, long-distance walkers, ultrarunners, and many others – this course will braid together, for the first time in an MA programme, students’ physical, corporeal engagement with the world with diverse threads of ecophilosophy, mindfulness, and ecological thinking.

The location of Schumacher College near to both Dartmoor National Park and the South Devon coastline presents a range of outdoor opportunities for students enrolled in the programme. Access to trail running, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, cycling, and other resources abound in the area on and around the Dartington estate. These exciting physical challenges will be complemented and extended by opportunities to reflect and reconnect with environments in order to reassess our relationship with the natural world.

Throughout the programme, students will:

  • Cultivate their relationship with place through movement

  • Write about immersive experiences

  • Interrogate their perceived boundaries

  • Develop resilience in their engagement with place, self, and others

  • Explore a range of techniques with which to mediate their relationships with self through action

  • Redefine adventure and embody practice

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