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Can aesthetics provide humankind with a universal language or lingua franca to transcend and overcome the parochialism and insularity that stymies cooperation on national and global environmental problems? What is its role and potential as a modality of cultural and regulatory change? In evaluating how aesthetics informs environmental decision-making, from community activism to national regulations, this workshop invited participants to consider several themes about the challenges and obstacles to an aesthetics-driven legal and regulatory approach. Through interdisciplinary exchanges between practicing artists and international academics from diverse disciplines such as law, philosophy, media, arts, political science, and geography, this workshop aimed to expand our understanding of the roles and efficacy of aesthetic values and judgements in developing legal criteria for environmental decision making.
