Storying Water
Storying Water is an arts-led research project to explore our water system – what it means to people, how it works, challenges involved in maintaining it, species affected by human uses of it, why its future resilience is threatened, and, in the face of environmental emergency, what is needed to improve and protect it into the future.
The project is led by Dr. Ellen Wiles: artist-in-residence at CREWW, and a novelist, sound artist, anthropologist, and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing. She will collaborate with scientists, and with other experts, to translate their research, experience and ideas into compelling audio storytelling, and to explore new possibilities for arts-based engagement with science research. The project will produce two podcasts: an informative podcast, following the path of the Exe from source to sea, and exploring key elements of the water system on the way; and an imaginative podcast involving fiction and reflecting on the water system from non-human points of view.
If you research or work with the water system, or if you are interested in the project and would like to find out more and to hear about future events, please contact CREWW@exeter.ac.uk to be added to the mailing list, or email Ellen Wiles at e.wiles@exeter.ac.uk
Project Team
- Dr Ellen Wiles, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
- Lydia Perris, Communications Lead Natural Resources Team, South West Water
Funded by
- South West Water
- University of Exeter
