Informal and Nonformal Adult Learning in the Coal Seam Gas Protests: Mobilizing Practices and Building an Environmental Justice Movement for Change

Autor/in	Ollis, Tracey
Titel	Informal and Nonformal Adult Learning in the Coal Seam Gas Protests: Mobilizing Practices and Building an Environmental Justice Movement for Change
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 71 (2021) 4, S.389-408 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ollis, Tracey)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/07417136211005370
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Nonformal Education; Adult Education; Fuels; Mining; Activism; Justice; Foreign Countries; Environmental Education; Social Change; Attitudes; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Treibstoff; Abbau; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Gerechtigkeit; Ausland; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Sozialer Wandel; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Australien
Abstract	This case study research examines informal adult learning in the Lock the Gate Alliance, a campaign against mining for coal seam gas in Central Gippsland, Australia. In the field of the campaign, circumstantial activists learn to think critically about the environment, they learn informally and incidentally, through socialization with experienced activists from and through nonformal workshops provided by the Environmental Nongovernment Organization Friends of the Earth. This article uses Bourdieu's "theory of practice," to explore the mobilization of activists within the Lock the Gate Alliance field and the practices which generate knowledge and facilitate adult learning. These practices have enabled a diverse movement to educate the public and citizenry about the serious threat fracking poses to the environment, to their land and water supply. The movements successful practices have won a landmark moratorium on fracking for coal seam gas in the State of Victoria. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01