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Soil Camp Publications

As keen readers and writers, we are aware of the power of theories, perspectives, and words. At the same time, as researchers who work closely with our community partners, we believe in the power of communications and dialogues beyond academic publications. We also spend lots of time to “get our hands dirty” on the ground by designing, creating, and learning together with youth and children. We advocate for wider forms of knowledge creation and mobilization, and our efforts for alternative communications will be continued to share here.

Our team is engaging in multiple cycles of collective reflection and envisioning. Our guiding and grounding epistemes are not fixed but growing and transformational in action. We center learning in our design and engage in a continuous cycle of collective learning – learning together and with each other.

We strongly believe in Open Access and are committed to generating more dialogue, inclusion, and empowerment through open and transparent sharing of data and research. We will be happy to share our folder including all our publications if you send us an email at soilcamp2021@gmail.com

Community Publications

Our Soil Camp community zines take readers on a visual journey, exploring past Soil Camp experiences. The text and images throughout, serves to illustrate how our team partnered to “create a culture of community, collaboration, and care” with the children and youth of Soil Camp.
These adjacent zines highlight the transdisciplinary activities at Soil Camp that led to curious conversations; capturing a glimpse of the essence of Soil Camp - in its collage of visual elements, such as: soil, fungi, water color, soil painting, dried flowers, and plants. It is our hope that these collaborative zines will immerse its readers in Soil Camp's rich teaching and learning experiences. 

Please place your cursor over the zines, and click on each cover to view the pages within.

Community Report

Takeuchi, M.A., Chowdhury, A., Kopparla, M., Thraya, S., Yuen, J., Czuy, K., Mambo, T., Olson, R., Sobh, H., & Fakih, A. (2021). Soil camp: Learning with the land toward refugee integration, diversity and sustainability through community partnerships 2020–21.University of Calgary.

Media Publications

September 05, 2024
"Friends of Indigenous Science" SEASON 2; Episode 5 -Ancestral Science Podcast (Conversation with Drs. Kori Czuy, Miwa Aoki Takeuchi, and Eun-ji Amy Kim)

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May 25, 2024
Calgary newcomers find community garden, learn Indigenous ways at Land of Dreams farm - CTV News Calgary (Nicole Boerer CCIS Land of Dreams Coordinator, Elder Herman Many Guns - Soil Camp team joined the event)
May 01, 2024
ASIAN CHANGEMAKERS: How Miwa Takeuchi empowers through education - CBC News Canada (Miwa Aoki Takeuchi)
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March 28, 2024
Getting down to earth with the community through soil science - Article in Education News Canada (Mathew Swallow)
December 07, 2023
Soil builds prosperity from the ground up - Article in Yes! Magazine (Miwa Aoki Takeuchi, Kori Czuy)
August 14, 2023
A food justice strategy: Cultivating relationships, feed families - Article in Ucalgary Today (Anita Chowdhury)
July 04, 2023
What listening to the soil can tell us about our relationship with the land - Article in THE CONVERSATION (Mathew Swallow, Kori Czuy, Miwa Aoki Takeuchi) 
September 28, 2021
Students get their Hands Dirty at Soil Camp - Article by UCalgary Today (Miwa Aoki Takeuchi, Kori Czuy, Tatenda Mambo, Raneem Elhowari, Rod Olson, Hannan Sobh)
December 26, 2021
Efficient or resilient: Alberta must find the right balance to protect our food supply - Opinion Piece on CBC (Tatenda Mambo)

Academic Publications

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Takeuchi, M.A., Dadkhahfard, S., Kopparla, M., & Elhowari, R. (2024). Intergenerational
transdisciplinary knowing toward stewarding the land of refuge: Learning through the pandemic.
Cultural Studies in Science Education. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-
024-10218-2 (full-text available for viewing here)

Kopparla, M., Takeuchi, M.A., Yuen, J., Thraya, S., & Chowdhury, A. (forthcoming). Play, Joy, and Creativity in Land-based STEM Learning: Reconnecting with Intergenerational Knowledge for Refugee Learners. In J. Adams, & C. Siry (Eds.). Wondering sciences: Creativity, imagination and future thinking in sciences education. New York: Springer.

Conference Proceedings

Takeuchi, M., Thraya, S., & Mambo, T. (2024). Learning to see beyond anthropocentric views on
bodies through transdisciplinary soil-centered pedagogy. In R. Lindgren, T. I. Asino, E. Kyza, C.
Looi, D. T. Keifert, & E. Suárez, E. (Eds.), The 18th International Conference of the Learning
Sciences 2024 proceedings (pp. 987–990). Buffalo, NY: International Society of the Learning
Sciences.

Thraya, S., & Takeuchi, M.A. (2022). Translanguaging as a tool to (re)connect: Co-designing land-based learning environments with refugee children. In C. Chinn, E. Tan, C. Chan, & Y, Kali (Eds.), The 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2020 proceedings (pp. 615–622). Hiroshima, Japan: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Kopparla, M., Takeuchi, M.A., Yuen, J., & Chowdhury, A. (2022). Co-construction of third space of joy and playfulness through critical transdisciplinarity: Land-based STEM learning with refugee children. 1) In C. Chinn, E. Tan, C. Chan, & Y, Kali (Eds.), The 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2020 proceedings (pp. 615–622). Hiroshima, Japan: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Thraya, S., Takeuchi, M.A., Kopparla, M., & Chowdhury, A. (2023). Co-Fostering Translanguaging Spaces Through Design for Embodied (Re)Connection. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.). In the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2023 proceedings. (pp. 361-368). Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences. 

Chowdhury, A., Takeuchi, M.A., Kopparla, M., & Thraya, S. (2023). Arts as Critical Transdisciplinary Pedagogy: Awakening Relationality Through the Anti-Oppressive Facilitation of Soil Painting on the Land. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.)., The 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2023 proceedings. (pp. 1557-1560). Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences. 

Vadeboncoeur, J., Takeuchi, M., Rahm, J., Marin, A., Curnow, J., Chowdhury, A., Kopparla, M., Thraya, S., Czuy, K., El Halwany, S., Turner, K., Qureshi, N., Marlow, S., Edino, R., & Adams, J., (2023) Reimagining Learning Research in “Canada” as “Road Making”: Opportunities to Move Toward Equity Through Walking Methodologies. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.)., The 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2023 proceedings. (pp. 1613-1621). Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences. 

Encyclopedia Entry

Takeuchi, M.A. & Marin, A. (2022). “Globalization,” coloniality, and decolonial love in STEM education. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education.