https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Arts-Humanities-GFG/Solastalgia-and-the-Environmental-Arts-Can-Flash-Fiction-Save/m-p/211897#M2 <P><SPAN>New research from the </SPAN><A href="https://www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/institutter-centre/i_virksomhedsledelse/forskning/forskningsenheder/paca" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>Center for Mobilizing Post-Anthropocentric Climate Action</SPAN></A><SPAN> (PACA) is exploring </SPAN><A href="https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/activities/scales-of-ecological-grief-examining-solastalgia-through-flash-fi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>Solastalgia</SPAN></A><SPAN>—the distress caused by environmental change in one's home environment.</SPAN></P><UL><LI><STRONG>The Question:</STRONG><SPAN> How do short-form creative arts (like flash fiction or </SPAN><A href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>GIS Story Maps</SPAN></A><SPAN>) bridge the gap between hard climate data and public action?</SPAN></LI><LI><STRONG>Context:</STRONG><SPAN> Scholars like </SPAN><A href="https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/matthew-schneider-mayerson" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>Matthew Schneider-Mayerson</SPAN></A><SPAN> have argued that climate fiction (Cli-Fi) significantly influences reader empathy.</SPAN></LI></UL><P><STRONG>Discussion Point:</STRONG><SPAN> If you were to create a Story Map of your local environment, what invisible change would you highlight to provoke the most empathy?</SPAN></P> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:39:59 GMT dlaufenberg 2026-03-11T20:39:59Z https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Arts-Humanities-GFG/Solastalgia-and-the-Environmental-Arts-Can-Flash-Fiction-Save/m-p/211897#M2 <P><SPAN>New research from the </SPAN><A href="https://www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/institutter-centre/i_virksomhedsledelse/forskning/forskningsenheder/paca" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>Center for Mobilizing Post-Anthropocentric Climate Action</SPAN></A><SPAN> (PACA) is exploring </SPAN><A href="https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/activities/scales-of-ecological-grief-examining-solastalgia-through-flash-fi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>Solastalgia</SPAN></A><SPAN>—the distress caused by environmental change in one's home environment.</SPAN></P><UL><LI><STRONG>The Question:</STRONG><SPAN> How do short-form creative arts (like flash fiction or </SPAN><A href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>GIS Story Maps</SPAN></A><SPAN>) bridge the gap between hard climate data and public action?</SPAN></LI><LI><STRONG>Context:</STRONG><SPAN> Scholars like </SPAN><A href="https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/matthew-schneider-mayerson" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>Matthew Schneider-Mayerson</SPAN></A><SPAN> have argued that climate fiction (Cli-Fi) significantly influences reader empathy.</SPAN></LI></UL><P><STRONG>Discussion Point:</STRONG><SPAN> If you were to create a Story Map of your local environment, what invisible change would you highlight to provoke the most empathy?</SPAN></P> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:39:59 GMT https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Arts-Humanities-GFG/Solastalgia-and-the-Environmental-Arts-Can-Flash-Fiction-Save/m-p/211897#M2 dlaufenberg 2026-03-11T20:39:59Z