The Open Ecology group's work - GCSJ Research Festival скачать в хорошем качестве

The Open Ecology group's work - GCSJ Research Festival

This session introduces Open Ecologies, an interdisciplinary research group dedicated to exploring environmental change and ecological thinking across time — past, present, and future. By connecting ideas across disciplines, the group bridges the School of Arts and Humanities (A&H), the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies (SSGS), and the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at The Open University. With a focus on fostering dialogue and knowledge exchange, Open Ecologies aims to bring academic research into the public sphere. The group organizes informal monthly and bi-monthly meetings, featuring thematic seminars encouraging collaboration among members from diverse fields. The session will explore how this project was shaped by our common research and teaching interests. Speakers: Dr Maria Nita, Professor George Revill Art and Ecology is an Open Societal Challenges project run by Carla Benzan and Samuel Shaw (Art History). The project aims to change public understanding of today's ecological crisis through the art and visual cultures of the past. Art and Ecology have produced five short films to date, which have been launched via pedal-powered cinema at public-facing workshops across Scotland. In this session Carla and Sam reflect on the impact achieved by the films so far, and outline plans for the future. Speakers: Dr Carla Benzan, Dr Samuel Shaw