Understanding landscape through interconnection between different forms of knowledge

The Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design network`s summer school, Living in the Landscape (LiLa) aim to develop culturally sensitive and sustainable research on the sociocultural dimension of arctic landscapes. The goal is to meet emerging challenges related to environment, population and economic life through multidisciplinary and artistic approaches (Jokela & Härkönen, 2021). Outcomes are physical products presented in a digital exhibition and visual essays as essential part of the holistic art-based expression, where process and associated reflection emerged. In this presentation we reflect on our three examples which describe an holistic understanding of landscape through interconnections between natural science and cultural/art-based aspects. With Ingold (2020 a, b) as theoretical background we shed light on how the synthesis of different forms of knowledge contributes to our understanding of landscapes and materials, and why this understanding is essential to illuminate how we can meet today's ecological challenges in an Eco Cultural Sustainability perspective.