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Paper short abstract

The research explores symbols like horns across times and spaces using the frameworks of critical public pedagogy and multimodal ethnography. It argues that symbols are not mere decorative elements, rather active agents in human learning processes, influencing how individuals engage with the world.

Paper long abstract

The research advocates an interdisciplinary approach within the fields anthropology and education in the understanding the meaning-making processes of individuals across times and spaces. It highlights the transformative impact of symbols such as horns through the exploration of various field-sites and methods. The study reveals how meanings attached to horns are embodied and reflected through multiple lenses. Its multimodal ethnographic methods namely the Representative Art, Site-Specific Art Installation, Interactive Art Installation, and Collaborative Art have revealed a multi-faceted aspects of human being encompassing creative processes, expressions, imaginations, memories, personal or shared experiences, religious teachings, histories, traditions, environment, society, political views, and among others. This collaborative research nature, moreover, fosters cross-cultural discourses associated to a single symbol grounded in the framework of Critical Public Pedagogy. With such, challenges traditional learning environment and human-centered views of knowledge while inviting the complexities of individuals in making sense of their milieu. Furthermore, the study offers a further avenue of exploration of both the known and unknown as well as individual and collective perspectives, hence, fostering a non-isolated, rather reflexive collaborative environment.