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Chulalongkorn University

2020

Biodiversity Education

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Textile Installations Inspired By Cubism For Biodiversity Sustainability Education, Gideon Owusu Manu, Ebenezer Kofi Howard, Dickson Adom, Osafo Agyemang Jan 2020

Textile Installations Inspired By Cubism For Biodiversity Sustainability Education, Gideon Owusu Manu, Ebenezer Kofi Howard, Dickson Adom, Osafo Agyemang

Journal of Urban Culture Research

The study aimed at producing two textile installation projects inspired by the philosophical concepts and design characteristics of the cubism art movement to educate the Ghanaian populace on biodiversity conservation. This was in response to the call for multiple perspectives on the high biodiversity depletion in the country. The qualitative studio-based approach with Aesthetico-Action Research guided the production of the projects. Views from 26 study participants at the final exhibition of the projects were analyzed qualitatively to vouch for the suitability of the textile installation projects for biodiversity conservation education. The findings revealed that the textile installations instill intrinsic and …