Embodied eco-embroidery Creative craftsmanship in sustainable STEAM-education

Abstract

The UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) addresses equal access to quality education, focusing on literacy, numeracy and the field of science throughSTEMsubjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) –seemingly forgetting the importance ofdeveloping practical skills like craftsmanship. STEAM includes Arts into STEM, where the arts represent several independent artistic forms including music, theatre, dance, visual arts, crafts and so on. In this article we focus on education for sustainable development through craftsmanship in embroidery. In a transdisciplinary collaboration that includes art, craftsmanship has its own innate value. Our research question is:In which ways can creative collaboration in embroidery enhance a sustainable STEAMeducation learning experience?1janne.iren.robberstad@hvl.no2randiv@oslomet.no