Abstract
The Arts shows great promise in working toward a sustainable future as they can have a significant influence on the development of cultural norms. Using bibliometrics, this study uncovers the current body of scholarly literature related to the intersection of sustainability and the Arts. The results show that while there are very few articles (n = 77) published in scholarly journals related to this area, the number of manuscripts and the number of journals publishing manuscripts related to this subject area is increasing. Further, while there is no one individual who stands out to date as a leader in this field, the results show that Australia and Canada have produced the most published articles. Finally, this study demonstrates that scholarly articles related to the Arts and sustainability are mostly being published in well-established interdisciplinary sustainability-related journals and journals associated with the field of education for sustainable development. The results of this study give a more definitive answer to the question: what scholarly literature resources currently exist on the intersection of the Arts and sustainability and offers the scholarly community a better idea of what and how those involved in this area are publishing and mobilizing knowledge regarding their work.
Highlights
The planet is in crisis, and the survival of humanity is contingent on making significant changes to the way that humans live on earth so that we can live more sustainably and in harmony with the planet [1,2]
This study has shown that, while there are still very few articles published in English-language scholarly journals related to the intersection of the Arts and sustainability, the number of manuscripts related to this subject area is increasing
While there is no one individual author associated with the articles who stands out to date as a leader in this scholarly field, the results do show that Australia and Canada have produced the most published articles related to the intersection of sustainability and the Arts
Summary
The planet is in crisis, and the survival of humanity is contingent on making significant changes to the way that humans live on earth so that we can live more sustainably and in harmony with the planet [1,2]. The Anthropocene is a new (albeit somewhat contested) era in which humans have drastically changed the functioning of the planet [3]. It is an era in which many sustainability scholars hope to solve and fix the problems that humans themselves have created. Technical fixes to global sustainability problems are suggested and/or implemented rather than instigating more radical solutions that are essential for a transformative, fundamental, and sustainable change in the way humanity lives on the planet [6]
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