When Experts (Dis)Agree on the Making of Stories
On November 10th I attended a multidisciplinary conference on Climate Change Science and Policy at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies. Discussions covered the machinations of physics to those of fallacy, modelling ratio and the normativity of narrative dissonance.
Below is a (haiku-ed) summary of the speakers and their content...
John Fitzgerald spoke
of action being a moral imperative
Elizabeth Lloyd
debated added value
in modelling claims
Anna Leuschner dwelt
on motivations behind
normative dissent
Ray Bates remodelled
climate sensitivity
in contentious zones
Steve Rayner discussed
variable patterns of
credibility
Diarmuid Torney drew
big questions out of climate
change legislation
Then on the 11th I flew from Dublin to Liverpool for a symposium on Story Making at John Moore's Liverpool Screen School.
There I spoke about
balancing stories in a
climate of change - where
participation is key,
and listening is everything.
The other speakers were varied and vivacious with presentations that were both engaging and innovative. A unifying thread of transmedial communication wove a natural coherency into the day, which ran on with Q&As still resounding as we reluctantly boarded our different trains.
It was, to coin a phrase, an interactive deep map of mapping depth with interesting action.
Here is a snapshot of the day:
The stories of a
rainy city were opened
to us, by Kate Feld.
The second keynote
was from Jim Hinks, designing
new publishing tags.
Rosamund Davies
scouted out how to create
a game of locale.
Karen Henwood drew
energy from storied told
of every day life.
Becky Edwards led
us in play, making stories
swiftly, together.
Dylan and Rosie
recorded recovery,
a drama of sound.
Kelly Zarins built
communities of practice,
evolving process.
Kate Bevan scripted
a space to climb inside the
impact of caring.
Bronwin Patrickson
created with many hands
whilst playing the MOOC.
Katherine and Betty,
fragments of risk, signalling
a new audience.
Anna Z. questioned
terminology with a
hero at her side.
Ronan Lynch re-made
history with ARGs,
teaching through stories.
As the day progressed we were each taken to one side by a couple of Prof.Sarah Haynes' media students, who recorded us all - unrehearsed - speaking about our work. It was rather like Just A Minute for Academics. A link to our videos can be found here:
