The Aqueous Futures exhibition explores ways in which art, design, and documentary practices can support knowledge meaning-making, and engagement in coastal and water environments. The exhibition will be on display at the Sun Terrace (Midland Hotel) and will remain open to the public throughout the duration of the conference and symposium.
With work by:
(section in progress. In the next few weeks we will populate this with additional information about the artists and their work)
Amy Dickson and Jamie Jenkinson
Debbie Yare
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Aurora Fredriksen
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, The University of Manchester
Aurora is a social and cultural geographer whose research and teaching at the School of Environment, Education and Development at The University of Manchester centres on the intersection of social and ecological crises. Her research engages with diverse ways of knowing and living with ecological change in everyday life, with a strong focus on tidal coasts. She has conducted research on ways of knowing tidal places in the Orkney islands, the Isle of Wight and Canada’s extraordinary Bay of Fundy.
Regarding coastal futures:
Aurora’s research explores the experiences of coastal communities as the forefront of global environmental change. Her work explores how coastal communities are living with the slow deterioration brought about by coastal erosion, declining wildlife, and marine pollution and how these experiences both disrupt past expectations for coastal futures and open up new possibilities for enduring through change.