Hacking the Anthropocene and HAK.io 2023, a mobile education kit and virtual space
"Dr Kathryn Coleman and Dr Sarah Healy from the SWISP Lab at the University of Melbourne, in collaboration with the Science Gallery International Network, have spearheaded a pioneering initiative: Hacking the Anthropocene....
Hacking the Anthropocene is a research-based climate curriculum co-designed with young adults from Atlanta, Bengaluru, and Melbourne. It focuses on practical, local actions tied to global discussions. By harnessing ‘hacking’ as a speculative method, they imagine and co-create pluricultural climate futures....
At the heart of this initiative lies HAK.io – a mobile education kit designed to encourage exploration, examination, and inquiry among young people, using innovative educational methods. Each session starts with climate narratives that often embody the experiences of entire communities and families. These narratives shape our perceptions of how we coexist with our environment and offer insights into alternative modes of being....
The artifacts stemming from HAK.io continue to be re-hacked and integrated into a virtual space within Mozilla, conceived by digital artist Yvette Walker, to facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge exchange within and beyond the Science Gallery Network. The data gathered in this metaverse is then used to advance the pedagogical education of new teachers in working with young people...."
https://sciencegallery.org/stories/hacking-the-anthropocene-cross-network-research-and-pedagogy-for-climate-action