Each workshop will have a combination of invited and self-selected participants. If you would like to participate in a specific workshop or the Living Conference, please complete the attached booking form and send to LivingFloodHistories@glos.ac.uk. Booking for the workshops opens on the 1st October 2010.
Each research workshop event is designed to combine an interdisciplinary mix of newer and more established scholars and practitioners in the arts and humanities. Key discursants will address the project’s central concerns and possess the necessary expertise and publications to generate interest, debate and interaction amongst our target audiences. The workshops are designed to move from the theoretical and conceptual (formal, academic) through explorations of flood heritage and stories (with decreasing formality) to the present, performance and practice (Living Conference). This latter will be performed in Gloucester - a setting that has experienced recent extreme flooding in July 2007, and will bring together previous workshop participants with international scholars. Stakeholder engagement/ knowledge co-generation will be built into the entire research process.
All workshops will be documented and will be available online for additional discussion on the project weblog after the event.
Workshop Programme
| Workshop 1: Floods and environmental change: conceptual frameworks for watery landscapes and living with floods |
Dr Owain Jones, (cultural geographer), UWE |
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol |
26th November 2010 |
| Workshop 2: Flood heritage: exploring flood archives for understanding the known pathways to resilience |
Professor Lindsey McEwen (flood hydrologist; flood archives and histories) |
University of Gloucestershire, Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester (in collaboration with the Centre for Study of Floods and Communities, University of Gloucestershire) |
3rd February 2010
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Workshop 3: Flood Stories: Exploring Informal Narratives of Resilience Past
and Present |
Professor Mike Wilson (storytelling) University College Falmouth) |
Storytelling Centre, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff
(in collaboration with the Glamorgan Centre for Disaster Management) |
30th March 2011 |
| Living Flood Histories conference: ‘Learning to Live: Floods and Futures’ |
PI and Co-Is; Andrew Fox, Manager Gloucester Museum and Gallery |
Gloucester Guildhall, Gloucester |
16th June 2011 |
Living Conference
The key question that the conference will address is:
What can arts and humanities research bring to research on watery landscapes, flood histories and environmental change?
Themes informing this question include:
- Theoretical and conceptual underpinnings for research on flood histories/environmental change
- Researching flood memory - developing social learning for community flood resilience
- Exploring the creative/performed responses to waterscapes
- Researching flooding and diversity – across generations and cultures
- Researching creative strategies for managing flooding and flood risk
- Researching floods and connectivity: exploring local to global connections between wetland/flood-risk communities