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.
Media Publications
December 09, 2025
Soil Camp listens to the voice of soil – Podcast from Calgary Journal (Conversation with Drs. Tatenda Mambo, Miwa Aoki Takeuchi, and Mathew Swallow).
-Open Episode via Calgary Journal
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)
-Open Episode via Spotify or Apple
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)
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., Czuy, K., Dutta, D., Mambo, T., & Swallow. M. (2026). Grounding Futures: Trans-Disciplining Learning and Community-Building Research. Futures, 103840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103840 (full-text available for viewing here)
Dutta, D., & Takeuchi, M.A. (2026). Ecologizing pedagogical artifacts: teacher learning through art-based collaboration. Environmental Education Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2026.2708251 (full-text available for viewing here)
Dutta, D., & Takeuchi, M.A. (2026). Rhizomatic explorations of immigrant growers’ sense of belonging through more-than-human relationships in a community garden. Journal of Intercultural Studies., 47 (3), 617-634. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2026.2690381 (full-text available for viewing here)
Thraya, S., Takeuchi, M.A., & Rahm, J. (2025). Pedagogy of whole languaging hearts: Fostering relational ways of (re)connecting to the land with multilingual refugee children. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.63(1), 22–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.70018 (full-text available for viewing here)
Dutta, D., Takeuchi, M.A., Chowdhury, A., Edworthy, S., Eves, C., Habib, S., Haroon, A., Thraya, S., & Wolf Leg, L. (2025). Creating learning alliances for flourishing food/environmental futures. Canadian Food Studies, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i2.709 (full-text available for viewing here)
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.
