Entanglements:
Journal of Posthumanities
E-ISSN: 3107-488X

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Entangled Learning: Rewilding Education through Posthuman Pedagogy for Multispecies Synergies
Authored By — Dr. Shisira Bania

Abstract

This article explores entangled learning as a posthuman pedagogical framework that reconfigures education beyond human-centered paradigms toward relational, multispecies co-learning. Challenging the anthropocentric foundations of traditional education, posthuman pedagogy reimagines learning as a distributed, material-discursive process that unfolds through dynamic intra-actions among human and more-than-human agents - including animals, plants, technologies, and ecosystems, this study conceptualizes rewilding education as an alternative to industrialized schooling models, advocating for relational, flexible, and ecologically cohabited learning spaces. The paper further explores multispecies education as a practice of interspecies co-learning that honors the agency and communicative capacities of nonhuman beings, particularly in child-centered and outdoor educational contexts. Through a critical discourse analysis of key theoretical and empirical literature, the study interrogates the ethical, ontological, and epistemological implications of integrating posthumanist approaches into contemporary teacher education. It identifies structural and ideological challenges - such as regulatory constraints, colonial legacies, and anthropocentric curriculum standards - that inhibit the adoption of posthuman pedagogy. Finally, the article calls for methodological innovation, policy transformation, and the reorientation of teacher education programs to cultivate posthuman pedagogical dispositions. By centering multispecies synergies, ecological care, and planetary well-being, entangled learning offers a vital educational framework for navigating the complexities of the Anthropocene and fostering a more inclusive and sustainable future.

Keywords

Entangled Learning, Posthuman Pedagogy, Rewilding Education, Multispecies Synergies.

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