SALC Research Showcase
12:00-12:50
Lunch
12:50-13:00
Greetings: Erica Baffelli
13:00-13:30 Nature and Environment
Chair: Anke Bernau
Clara Dawson (EACW) “Avian Poetics: Poetry and Natural History in the Industrial Revolution”
Jérôme Brillaud (MLC) “The Planetary Garden”
Ryan Woods (Music) “Soundscapes, Memory and Ecology: Learning from Zimbabwean perspectives”
13:30-14:00 Exploitation, Management and Development
Chair: Sasha Handley
Robert Hume (MLC) “Contested Natures on the Russia-Japan Border”
Biyun Zhu (AHCP) “Cultural Practice, Policy, and Sustainable Development”
Edmond Smith (History) “Capitalism and the Environment”
14:00-14:30 Break with refreshments
14:30-15:00 Climate Change and Extinction
Chair: Ricardo Bermudez-Otero
Stephanie Sodero (HCRI) “Vital Mobilites: Delivering Healthcare in a Changing Climate” Sadiah Qureshi (History) “Empires of Extinction in the Anthropocene”
Luca Scholz (AHCP) “Digital Methods for an Emic History of Climate”
15:00-15:50 Resistance, Activism and Futures
Chair: Simon Parry
Cara Berger (Drama) “Composting Feminist Performance History”
Finlay Malcolm (R&T) “Climate Change Activism: Taking Action & Changing Attitudes Amongst Christians”
Alice Correia (AHCP) “Black British Artists and Eco-Feminism in the 1980s and '90s.” Paul Knowles (EACW) “Ecogeographical Short Fiction”
15:50-16:00 CIDRAL: Reflections on the 2023 theme: Forests
James Scorer
16:00-16:20 Final discussion
Moderator: Erica Baffelli
16:30-17:30 Drinks Reception
Location
Kanaris Theatre, Manchester Museum, M13 9PL