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Articulating artfulness: Exploring the ecological potential of creative conversation

Anna Pigott

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 877 - 890

Swansea University Author: Anna Pigott

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Notions of “artfulness” are increasingly being used in the humanities and social sciences to nod towards ephemeral linkages between creativity and ecological sensitivity, but there has so far been little work to flesh out in detail what this term entails, both conceptually and in practice. This pape...

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ISSN: 0020-2754 1475-5661
Published: Wiley 2020
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