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

诺里奇16-18岁的年轻人将在当地的RSPB自然保护区Strumpshaw Fen进行基于艺术的研究，调查随着时间的推移气候变化对保护区及其野生动物的影响。他们将在2021年12月的一次公众参与的逐字剧场活动中展示他们的研究成果，该活动也将在Fen举行。该项目旨在：a)让年轻人(A级学生)了解气候变化对他们居住的地方(诺里奇附近的Strumpshaw Fen)附近环境的影响；b)帮助年轻人了解气候变化对特定地方及其野生动物(Strumpshaw Fen保护区)的影响；c)通过考虑对鸟类及其往返保护区的影响，将年轻人对当地气候变化的日益发展的了解与全球影响联系起来；d)让年轻人享受自然保护区，以此作为欣赏其价值的手段；E)培养年轻人在写作、摄影和戏剧方面的表达和交流，以便他们能够与他人分享他们的理解，并进行公众参与；f)让年轻人的教师参与跨学科的协作研究，以考虑学校各学科之间的联系；g)为年轻人的项目活动和表演创建记录，以便持续的公众参与和持续的研究。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观看由参与该项目的年轻人创造的公众参与表演。更多的观众包括教师和教师教育工作者(通过地区和国家网络)；RSPB保护区的工作人员和保护区和RSPB网站的访问者；在环境研究和艺术的交叉点工作的学术研究人员和作家；以及诺里奇、诺福克和东英格兰的普通公众。年轻人将通过两次访问保护区进行研究(一次是为了写作，一次是为了排练他们的表演)，并被介绍到环境探索中：a)自然写作(在写作研讨会上确定研究兴趣和问题)；b)当地环境的电影表现以及随着时间的推移它们的变化；c)Steve Waters的芦苇之声和芦苇之歌项目的音频。在资深作家(Jean McNeil教授和Steve Waters教授)的帮助下，专门从事气候变化(艺术再生)叙事的教师和表演者将准备他们自己对气候变化及其对保护区的影响的反应。在保护区的调研之旅中，年轻人将与保护区的游客和员工见面，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，这说明了气候变化的影响，以及可能失去的东西？该项目对区域和国家了解气候变化的教育具有潜在的影响。该项目通过a)在Strumpshaw Fen的公开表演分享学习和成果；b)在年轻人的学校社区为同龄人和家长表演；c)由东非大学主办，年轻人参与的在线教师CPD活动；d)通过播客，由东非大学主办；e)通过英国教育研究协会向教学/教育界介绍，并为英国特许学院教师杂志Impact撰写一篇文章；以及f)向气候东非大学领导小组报告，以通过国家和国际网络进行宣传。年轻人将被邀请参加气候大学与大学学院戏剧部门的COP26合作，该学院将推出一套平行的专业表演，以应对气候变化，供公众参与。

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.