Down by the Riverside: Pete Seeger’s Radical Environmental Pedagogy
Abstract
In this presentation, I examine the environmental turn in Pete Seeger’s music and activism, which began in the 1960’s and continued until his passing in 2014. Intersecting music, sailing, and history, Seeger constructed a radical environmental pedagogy that encouraged local citizens to reclaim and revive the Hudson River and the industrial waterfront. Analyzing Seeger’s music and performance alongside his innovative experiments in environmentalism and social justice, I show how Seeger’s life and work during this period reflect a shift and evolution in his understanding of the relationship between nature and culture, merging human rights and environmental action.
Presentation Description
In this presentation, I examine the environmental turn in Pete Seeger’s music and activism, which began in the 1960’s and continued until his passing in 2014. Intersecting music, sailing, and history, Seeger constructed a radical environmental pedagogy that encouraged local citizens to reclaim and revive the Hudson River and the industrial waterfront. Analyzing Seeger’s music and performance alongside his innovative experiments in environmentalism and social justice, I show how Seeger’s life and work during this period reflect a shift and evolution in his understanding of the relationship between nature and culture, merging human rights and environmental action.
Location
Stream C: Pushing Methodological Boundaries
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Childers, Jodie, "Down by the Riverside: Pete Seeger’s Radical Environmental Pedagogy" (2020). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 43.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2020/2020/43
Down by the Riverside: Pete Seeger’s Radical Environmental Pedagogy
Stream C: Pushing Methodological Boundaries
In this presentation, I examine the environmental turn in Pete Seeger’s music and activism, which began in the 1960’s and continued until his passing in 2014. Intersecting music, sailing, and history, Seeger constructed a radical environmental pedagogy that encouraged local citizens to reclaim and revive the Hudson River and the industrial waterfront. Analyzing Seeger’s music and performance alongside his innovative experiments in environmentalism and social justice, I show how Seeger’s life and work during this period reflect a shift and evolution in his understanding of the relationship between nature and culture, merging human rights and environmental action.
