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DCRC Seminar: A Just Transition for Avonmouth interactivity & polyphony as documentary-based methods

In this talk Dr Judith Aston will present her ongoing collaborative research project in Avonmouth, with reference to the following questions: What is the place of ‘justice’ in formal decarbonisation plans? How can interactive and polyphonic documentary methods help to negotiate tensions and disagreements around possible and preferred futures? How can this be applied to new methods and approaches for foresight thinking, grounded in ethnography and sensitivity towards place? At the heart of this research is a ground-breaking interactive documentary (i-doc) produced using the Stornaway.io platform. The i-doc captures a rich polyphony of voices, including long-standing residents and port workers, migrant warehouse staff, young professionals, local businesses and community activists. The interactive format does more than share stories: it acts as a tool for dialogue, bringing different stakeholders together in future-facing dialogue. Aston will present the i-doc and consider what it takes to use these methods well. How can trust be built, how can spaces be created which facilitate generative listening, why is this important in places like Avonmouth, and what are the possibilities for wider application? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Judith Aston is an Associate Professor in Film and Digital Arts at UWE, Bristol. She is Co-founder of the i-Docs research group (i_docs.org), Co-convenor of the Polyphonic Documentary Project (polyphonicdocumentary.com) and Project Lead for the Just Transition for Avonmouth project. She is widely known for her work with polyphony and interactive documentary and has a background in visual anthropology.