Embracing the More-than-Human: A Review of Ecological Pedagogy of Joy: On Relations, Aliveness and Love

Bachar Chbib

Authors

Bachar Chbib

Keywords:

review, holistic education, interpretive research, métissage, ecology, pedagogy of joy

Abstract

This book review is grounded in the philosophical assumptions associated with holistic education, informed by Indigenous and Western thought that are in continuous practical and theoretical flux. Chbib begins this review by briefly introducing the research behind the book, followed by an explanation of the proposed holistic education of joy in ecology pedagogy through weaving and métissage proposed by the authors. A critical reflection of the book follows.

Author Biography

Bachar Chbib

Bachar Chbib is a grounded researcher with an accumulated knowledge and interest in film-making for over 40 years and thus engages with his positionality, perspective and academic privileges. His work attempts to enhance ecopedagogic praxis by focusing on more-than-human inclusivity through the use of digital recording devices in early schooling. His work can be accessed by reading his Master’s thesis in education published at Bishop’s University (2023) and his PhD dissertation in communication published at the Université du Québec à Montréal (2026). His perspective throughout his academic inquiries has informed his work in Critical Radical Ecopedagogies , citizenship, and affective kinship and belonging with the more-than-humans. Chbib was born in Damascus, Syria and grew up on a beef ranch in the eastern townships of Quebec. He later made films in Hollywood for 17 years then concentrated on making local, mundane, personal, amateur films and paintings. He gardens a lot and is a proud grandfather.

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