TY - JOUR AU - Milly Warner PY - 2021/06/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Soft Activism : Exploring pedagogic engagement in the ‘clean-tech playground’ JF - re:think - a journal of creative ethnography JA - rethink VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Academic Essays DO - UR - http://journals.ed.ac.uk/rethink/article/view/4306 AB -  Abstract:This essay will explore pedagogic engagement in a Dutch sustainability site, De Ceuvel. Self-labelled as the “clean-tech playground”, De Ceuvel is a publically accessible site which houses scientists, creatives and a café, and whose ambitions focus on the transition towards a sustainable future, given the context of the current ecological crisis. Drawing upon a two-month research internship, I suggest that sensory and aesthetic engagements are fundamental to the site’s function, allowing pedagogic transmission. I introduce the concept ‘soft activism’ throughout my discussion. Key words: sustainability, ‘soft activism’, pedagogy, aesthetics, senses. ER -