Voices across the Reeds: Dramatising the effects of climate and time on RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk

诺维奇16-18岁的年轻人将在当地的RSPB自然保护区Strumpshaw Fen进行艺术研究，调查气候变化对保护区及其野生动物的影响。他们将于2021年12月在芬举行的逐字剧场公众参与活动中展示他们的研究。该项目的目的是：a）让年轻人参与（A-level学生）气候变化对他们居住地附近环境的影响（诺里奇附近的斯特朗普肖芬）;B）帮助年轻人了解气候变化对特定地方及其野生动物的影响（Strumpshaw Fen保护区）;c）通过考虑对鸟类及其进出保护区的迁徙的影响，将年轻人对当地气候变化的理解与全球影响联系起来; e）发展青少年在写作、摄影和戏剧方面的表达和沟通，让他们与他人分享他们的理解，并参与公众活动; f）让年轻人的教师参与跨学科合作研究，以考虑学校学科之间的联系; g）记录青少年的计划活动和表现，以便持续参与公众活动和进行研究。高级程度学生及其教师是直接的对象。他们的学校社区是一个更广泛的目标受众，因为其成员将被邀请参加由参与项目的年轻人创造的公众参与表演。其他受众包括教师和教师教育工作者（通过区域和国家网络）; RSPB保护区工作人员和保护区和RSPB网站的访问者;在环境研究和艺术交叉点工作的学术研究人员和作家;以及诺里奇、诺福克和东安格利亚的公众。年轻人将在两次访问保护区时进行研究（一个用于写作，一个用于排练他们的表演），并被引入到自然写作中的环境探索（在写作讲习班中确定研究兴趣和问题）; B）用电影表现当地环境及其随时间的变化;以及c）来自Steve沃茨的Voices from the Reeds和Song of the Reeds项目的音频。在经验丰富的作家（Jean McNeil教授和Steve沃茨教授）的帮助下，专门讲述气候变化的教师和表演者（艺术再生）年轻人将准备自己对气候变化及其对保护区的影响的反应。在对保护区的研究旅行中，年轻人将与保护区的游客和员工会面，了解保护区社区如何应对气候变化。社区确定了气候变化的哪些影响，其成员如何应对这些影响？年轻人在保护区的环境中看到、听到、触摸或闻到了什么，告诉他们气候变化的影响，以及什么可能会消失？该项目通过以下方式分享学习和成果：a）在Strumpshaw Fen的公开表演; B）在学校社区为年轻人的同龄人和家长表演; c）由UEA主办的由年轻人贡献的在线教师CPD活动; d）通过UEA主办的项目绩效和文件的播客; e）通过UEA主办的项目绩效和文件的播客。e）通过英国教育研究协会向教学/教育界进行介绍，并在特许教师学院杂志《影响》上发表一篇文章; f）向气候UEA领导小组报告，通过国家和国际网络进行推广。年轻人将被邀请到气候UEA的COP 26与UEA的戏剧部门，这将提出一个平行的一套专业表演解决公众参与气候变化的合作。

Young people in Norwich aged 16-18 will conduct arts-based research at the local RSPB nature reserve Strumpshaw Fen, investigating impacts of climate change on the reserve and its wildlife over time. They will present their research in a public engagement event of verbatim theatre, also at the Fen, in December 2021. The project aims to:a) engage young people (A-level students) with the impacts of climate change on the environment close to where they live (Strumpshaw Fen near Norwich);b) help young people understand climate change impacts on a specific place and its wildlife (the Strumpshaw Fen reserve);c) link young people's developing understanding of local climate change with global impacts, by considering effects on birds and their migration to and from the reserve;d) afford young people's enjoyment of a nature reserve as means to appreciate its value;e) develop young people's expression and communication in writing, photography and drama, so they can share their understanding with others and for public engagement;f) involve the teachers of the young people in collaborative interdisciplinary research to consider links across school subjects;g) create records of the young people's project activities and performance for sustained public engagement and continuing research.A-level students and their teachers are the immediate target audience. Their school community is a wider target audience as its members will be invited to the public engagement performance created by young people participating in the project. Further audiences include teachers and teacher educators (through regional and national networks); RSPB reserve staff and visitors to reserves and RSPB websites; academic researchers and writers working at the intersection of environmental research and the arts; and the general public of Norwich, Norfolk and East Anglia.Young people will conduct research across two visits to the reserve (one for writing, one for rehearsing their performance) and be introduced to explorations of environment in a) nature writing (identifying research interests and questions in a writing workshop); b) film representations of local environments and changes in them over time; and c) audio from Steve Waters' Voices from the Reeds and Song of the Reeds projects. With the help of experienced writers (Professor Jean McNeil and Professor Steve Waters), teachers and performers specialising in narratives of climate change (Arts Regeneration) young people will prepare their own responses to climate change and its influence on the reserve. During research trips to the reserve, young people will meet with visitors and employees of the reserve, gaining insights to how the community of the reserve responds to climate change. What impacts of climate change does the community identify, and how do its members address them? What do the young people see, hear, touch or smell in the environment of the reserve that tells of the effects of climate change, and of what could yet be lost? The project has potential impact on regional and national education for understanding climate change.The project shares learning and outputs through a) public performance at Strumpshaw Fen; b) performance for peers and parents in the school community of the young people; c) an online teacher CPD event hosted by UEA with contributions by young people; d) via a podcast of the performance and document of the project, hosted by UEA; e) presentation for teaching/education communities via the British Educational Research Association and an article for the Chartered College of Teacher's magazine Impact; and f) report to the leadership group of ClimateUEA for promotion via national and international networks. Young people will be invited to ClimateUEA's COP26 collaboration with UEA's Drama department, which will present a parallel suite of professional performances addressing climate change for public engagement.