Ecofeminist geragogy as emergent informal learning

Insights from Nannagogy

Bibliographic Data

ID12232176
AuthorsLarraine Larri (0000-0002-1593-2463, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, corresponding author), Hilary Whitehouse (0000-0001-6751-9753, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia)
Year2024
Volume36
Issue4
Pages362-376
Publication date2024-03-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGender and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540253.2024.2328715
OpenAlexW4392880261
LanguageEN
References cited30

This paper reflects on the ecofeminist educational implications of research findings about Australia's Knitting Nannas' Against Gas and Greed (a.k.a.The Nannas') experiences of peer-to-peer, environmental activist learning.Aspects of this unique and successful suite of informal learning practices devised by the Nannas guided by their Nannafesto, and named as Nannagogy, are drawn on to explore the matter of informal ecofeminist education with older women.Drawing on a materialist ecofeminist perspective and learning from older women's activism in overcoming ageist sexism, we argue for the recognition of an emergent learning space we call 'ecofeminist geragogy'.As women age, and the matters of climate disruption and species extinction grow ever more severe, informal learning for transformation (or otherwise) emerges as space rich for research investigation

Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Informal education · Informal learning · Pedagogy · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology

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