CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Suvorova, Margarita |
|---|---|
| Title | Creative Resilience: Art Making As A Survival Strategy In Times Of Crisis |
| Summary | This research examines if and how art making can function as a tool for resilience in response to emotions experienced in relation to the ongoing climate crisis. While scholarship has largely focused on audience perceptions or therapeutic settings, there remains a gap in how climate emotions are described by those who experience them, and how art making may play a role in coping with the emotions in the context of the climate crisis. To address this gap, three semi-structured interviews were conducted with artists who work with ecologically engaged art. A qualitative within-case analysis, followed by thematic synthesis, identified core insights: sensory and embodied engagement might play a pivotal role in reorienting stress and overwhelm, art making allows emotional expression and shifting overwhelming emotions into tangible actions, and has the potential to bridge and connect science and public understanding. Findings from the interviews suggest art making may form accessible strategies for coping with climate emotions and building emotional resilience. Limitations of this study include a small, non- representative sample, suggesting the need for further research across broader cultural contexts. |
| Supervisor | Schaffartzik, Anke |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/suvorova_margarita.pdf |
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