Eco-Capabilities
Supporting children’s wellbeing through participatory art in nature
A research project exploring how the wellbeing of children living in areas of high deprivation can be supported through working with artists in familiar outdoor places.
The Eco-Capabilities Project
The overarching aim of this project is to explore how the wellbeing of children living in areas of high deprivation can be supported through working with artists in familiar outdoor places that they find difficult to engage with. It will contribute to contemporary academic and societal conversations about children’s disconnect from nature, their wellbeing (or lack thereof), and the potential of the arts to support both.
We take an innovative and novel approach to wellbeing, drawing on Sen’s capabilities work (1980) to explore wellbeing from the perspectives of children, in particular those living in areas of high deprivation.
Eco-Capabilities is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/S006206/1).
Contact Information
For further information about the Eco-Capabilities project, please contact:
Dr Nicola Walshe (Principal Investigator): [email protected]
Zoe Moula (Research Fellow): [email protected]