Pema Yangki 

Jane Merewether

Learning with the Paddy Field: A Posthumanist, Place-Based Study of Multispecies Learning 

Place:

Woochu Village, Paro, Bhutan 

This study explores how Bhutanese children learn with rice-field ecologies, engaging soil, water, insects, and yul lha as co-participants. Using multispecies ethnography and a Common Worlds framework, it traces relational learning through walking observations and community dialogues. Bridging posthumanist theory and Bhutanese cosmologies, it proposes a pedagogical model for ecologically conscious, culturally grounded science education.

Entangled Worlds

The Entangled Worlds Research Collaboratory acknowledges the Noongar people who are the traditional custodians of the Boodja (Country) on which we work.
We acknowledge their ongoing commitment to caring for Country amidst the ongoing impacts of colonisation.

The Entangled Worlds Research Collaboratory acknowledges the Noongar people who are the traditional custodians of the Boodja (Country) on which we work.
We acknowledge their ongoing commitment to caring for Country amidst the ongoing impacts of colonisation.

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