Aparajita Dutta, at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague Peter A. Hall, Abbie Vickress, and Sakis Kyratzis (University of the Arts London); Isabel Ordóñez and Raúl Goñi (Elisava, Barcelona); Audrius Klimas (VAA, Vilnius); Hrefna Sigurðardóttir (IUA , Reykjavík); and Niels Schrader and Lauren Alexander (KABK, The Hague).
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How can environmental issues, activism, and opinion be integrated into the graphic design curriculum? Teachers from five art and design institutions and the ELIA Team explored this during a teacher training activity in the Plastic Justice Erasmus+ Project (2020–2022).
During a teacher training at Vilnius Academy of Arts, teachers discussed, debated, and practiced communicating microplastics and health issues, working with NGOS and exploring how graphic design students (BA and MA) can raise awareness. They shared insights on integrating environmental issues, activism, research, and response strategies into graphic design curricula at all levels.
This intellectual output—Plastic Justice Advocacy (Teachers’ Guide)—is an accumulation of the various insights provided by the teachers over the project’s two-year period. Guest teachers Úna Henry (St. Joost, Breda) and ELIA Team member Derville Quigley (Amsterdam) also contributed to the guide.
Learn more at the online repository or download the book.