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PAPERS: Analysing Language Use in Designing: Practices and Performance. Location: Appleton Tower, LT1 Zoom Link Session Chair: Lisa Elzey Mercer, University of Edinburgh Session Chair: Senthil Chandrasegaran, Delft University of Technology | |
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When play becomes language: Transforming international student experience through environmental art and eco-social design 1: Humak University of Applied Sciences, Finland; 2: Kyushu University, Faculty of Design, Japan This study explores the Miyanohara participatory land art project in Ōmuta City, Japan, as an innovative teaching method for integrating international exchange students into new cultural and environmental settings within higher education institutions (HEIs). By creating a 74-metre installation depicting the Kasumi salamander at a former coal mine site, eleven international students from Kyushu University's Strategic Design course engaged in embodied learning that transcended linguistic and cultural barriers. Using arts-based methodologies and an eco-social design approach, we demonstrate how land art can serve as a powerful tool for HEIs to foster environmental awareness, cultural integration, and transformational learning experiences for international students. The project highlights how arts-based research and eco-social design can effectively address the dual challenges of sustainability education and international student integration, thereby supporting universities' broader mission as agents of sustainable change. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.1946
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