A call for change: Creative and making practices as essential practices to support wellbeing and the transformative potential of education
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Narelle Lemon: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1396-5488
Abstract
There is a significant body of multidisciplinary research examining the health and wellbeing benefits that arise through participation in creative and making pursuits. In this chapter, we engage in dialogic reflective writing to explore the potentials of creative and making practices for supporting wellbeing in higher education: for ourselves as academics, for our students, and for the academic community more broadly. We examine the facilitators and barriers that exist in engaging with crafting and making practices and argue for continued attention to these practices in higher education contexts as a way of building individual and systemic change and transformation.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Publication
1-1-2025
Publication Title
Creating Wellbeing: The Role of Making Practices in Academic Contexts
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Education
RAS ID
84541
Copyright
subscription content
First Page
3
Last Page
15
Comments
Lemon, N., McDonough, S., & Selkrig, M. (2025). A call for change: Creative and making practices as essential practices to support wellbeing and the transformative potential of education. In Creating wellbeing: The role of making practices in academic contexts (pp. 3–15). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003664123-2