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Advancing Feminist and Creative Methods for Sensing Air and Atmosphere

推进感知空气和大气的女权主义和创造性方法

基本信息

批准号：
AH/W005204/1
负责人：
Sasha Engelmann
金额：
$ 25.7万
依托单位：
Royal Holloway University of London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW005204%2F1
关键词：
Advancing Feminist Creative Methods Sensing

项目摘要

The environmental emergencies of our time require thinking and working across disciplines, engaging communities and privileging multiple forms of knowledge, from the sensual to the scientific. Whether by forming new networks across cultural, academic and public spheres, or utilising citizen-science and open data practices, researchers are challenging black-boxed environmental knowledge making. However, doing so does not come hand in hand with equity and justice, and creative-arts practice is rarely recognised as a legitimate contribution to environmental monitoring programmes. The aim of this fellowship is to advance feminist and creative methodologies for citizen-led research on i) air quality in the Global South and ii) weather patterns in the Global North. In addition to exploring the value of creative and feminist approaches for environmental sensing in an era of climate change, the fellowship will enhance the capabilities of the PI through developing new skillsets and networks, growing academic and non-academic partnerships and supporting the PI's first significant community-driven research in the Global South. Air quality science has made vital contributions to public health. Yet, often the readings of expensive instruments overshadow testimonies by communities or attempts to foreground the aesthetics of air in the lived experience of bodies. These issues are exacerbated by the notion that quantified datasets are the ultimate arbiters of environmental relations. This fellowship will evolve an Argentina based collaboration between the PI, anthropologist Dr. Débora Swistun (UNDAV), residents of Villa Inflamable (the 'Flammable town', situated next to the largest petrochemical facility in Argentina) and the artistic Aerocene Community, among others, to develop a model of air quality sensing informed by feminist principles and creative-arts methods. This will involve co-authoring an 'Air Sensing Handbook' to guide citizen-led air sensing; codesigning air quality monitoring devices with Aerocene and Villa Inflamable community members and using participatory workshops to elicit embodied and historical knowledge on air quality. Increasingly abnormal weather systems as well as proposals to engineer 'better weather' demand renewed public engagement with weather. These issues are addressed in open-weather, a feminist and creative practice-driven initiative co-founded by the PI and activist Sophie Dyer. Using DIY radio technology, open-weather facilitates direct access to transmissions from weather satellites. Having validated the project's hardware requirements through a residency in 2020-21, the fellowship will enable the PI to codesign new software for citizen-led weather monitoring and grow open-weather on an international scale through cultural venues and community science networks.The fellowship will be delivered through three work packages of activities:1) Sensing Air Quality in the Global South: developing feminist and creative methods for community-led air sensing in Villa Inflamable, Argentina.2) Weather Monitoring in the Global North: developing feminist and creative methods for citizen-led weather monitoring in the USA, UK and CA.3) Reporting and Advocacy: surveying the field and sharing creative, feminist approaches to citizen-led environmental sensing through cultural venues and community science platforms. Working with two partners (Aerocene; Public Lab) and two collaborators (Sophie Dyer; Dr. Débora Swistun) activities will:i) Develop emerging research methods through participatory feminist workshops informed by creative and codesign practices ii) Build new research networks through public events, exhibitions and open-access resourcesiii) Engage international, academic and non-academic partners and audiences iv) Enhance the research capabilities of PI by supporting PI's first community-driven research in the Global South and first management of a larger research grant

我们这个时代的环境紧急情况需要跨学科的思考和工作，让社区参与进来，并赋予从感性到科学等多种形式的知识以特权。无论是通过在文化、学术和公共领域建立新的网络，还是利用公民科学和开放数据实践，研究人员都在挑战黑匣子环境知识的形成。然而，这样做并不意味着公平和正义，而且创意艺术实践很少被认为是对环境监测计划的合法贡献。该奖学金的目的是推进公民主导的关于 i) 南半球空气质量和 ii) 北半球天气模式研究的女权主义和创造性方法。除了探索气候变化时代环境感知的创造性和女权主义方法的价值外，该奖学金还将通过开发新的技能和网络、发展学术和非学术伙伴关系以及支持 PI 在全球南方的第一个重要的社区驱动的研究来增强 PI 的能力。空气质量科学为公共卫生做出了重要贡献。然而，昂贵仪器的读数常常掩盖了社区的证词或在身体的生活体验中突出空气美学的尝试。 “量化数据集是环境关系的最终仲裁者”这一概念加剧了这些问题。该奖学金将推动 PI、人类学家 Débora Swistun 博士 (UNDAV)、Villa Inflamable（“易燃小镇”，位于阿根廷最大的石化设施旁边）居民和艺术 Aerocene 社区等居民之间的阿根廷合作，开发一种以女权主义原则和创意艺术方法为基础的空气质量传感模型。这将涉及共同撰写一本“空气传感手册”来指导公民主导的空气传感；与 Aerocene 和 Villa Inflamable 社区成员共同设计空气质量监测设备，并利用参与式研讨会来获取有关空气质量的具体知识和历史知识。日益异常的天气系统以及设计“更好天气”的建议要求公众重新参与天气问题。这些问题在 open-weather 中得到解决，这是一项由 PI 和活动家 Sophie Dyer 共同创立的女权主义和创意实践驱动的倡议。使用 DIY 无线电技术，开放天气有助于直接访问气象卫星的传输。通过 2020-21 年驻地验证了该项目的硬件要求后，该奖学金将使 PI 能够共同设计用于公民主导的天气监测的新软件，并通过文化场所和社区科学网络在国际范围内发展开放天气。该奖学金将通过三个活动工作包提供：1) 感知南半球的空气质量：在阿根廷 Villa Inflamable 开发用于社区主导的空气传感的女权主义和创造性方法。2) 天气北半球监测：在美国、英国和加拿大开发公民主导的天气监测的女权主义和创造性方法。3) 报告和倡导：通过文化场所和社区科学平台进行实地调查并分享公民主导的环境感知的创造性、女权主义方法。与两个合作伙伴（Aerocene；公共实验室）和两个合作者（Sophie Dyer；Débora Swistun 博士）合作，活动将：i) 通过以创意和协同设计实践为基础的参与式女权主义研讨会开发新兴研究方法 ii) 通过公共活动、展览和开放获取资源建立新的研究网络 iii) 吸引国际、学术和非学术合作伙伴和受众参与 iv) 增强 PI 的研究能力通过支持 PI 在南半球首次社区驱动的研究以及首次管理更大的研究补助金