Name: COMPOSE
Start: 2019-05-27T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-05-27T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Gothenburg University: Haga K001

COMPOSE

A creative research project that explores the transgressive potential of art and making to engage a group of citizens and experts in an imaginative conception of alternative environmental narratives.Website:https://neernstman.wixsite.com/imaginedisrupt

Imaginative Disruptions Research Team

A transdisciplinary Masterclass in the Art of being a Researcher in turbulent times of fake news and climate change
Climate scientists regularly emit dire warnings illustrating dangerous changes to the oceans and atmosphere. At the same time there’s a lack of connection between the facts drawn from climate science and the immediate motivations required to drive active prioritisation of climate action.  
This gap between fact and action is possibly most staggering at universities. As their academics publish one distressing fact after, universities largely continue with business as usual. This is arguably because climate science primarily originates from epistemologies that prioritise measurability and predictability of climate change rather than interpretative, subjective approaches that deal with people’s perceptions of change and their ability to respond. From a positivist position, scientists are expected to separate themselves from their subject. In the case of climate change, where the researcher is inherently part of the social and climatological system that they are researching, such assumed separation and exemption of action is proving to become fatal.  
We invite academics of all stripes and disciplines to reinvent the role of the researcher to be reliable authors of facts, as well as pioneers in acting upon those facts. We will explore what it means to be impacted by and embedded in our research whilst retaining a degree of scientific distance and composure. How can we be a researcher/scientist, as well as a parent, community member and essentially human living in these increasingly complex and confusing times? What are the unique attributes that a researcher brings to this matter and what (new) epistemologies fit this reimagined position?  
Hosted by former Carl Bennet Guest Professor in Education for Sustainable Development Arjen Wals and his international colleagues, the day aims to radically shift our perspectives and research practice. The session will draw from the results of the international research project Imaginative Disruptions, funded by The Seedbox.
For more information please contact Åse Bjurström on <A HREF="mailto:ase.bjurstrom@gu.se" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ase.bjurstrom@gu.se</A>

Gothenburg University: Haga K001

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