Poetry as a Tool For Outreach in Quaternary Science: Examples From the 20th INQUA Congress
In this paper I present a series of poems written as Poet-in-Residence at the 20th International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress in 2019 and evaluate my experience of their composition and the effectiveness of their dissemination via social media from my perspective as a poet and geos...
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ftjoq:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/103 2024-09-15T18:12:27+00:00 Poetry as a Tool For Outreach in Quaternary Science: Examples From the 20th INQUA Congress Griffiths, Hywel M. 2021-11-03 application/pdf application/xml https://account.openquaternary.com/index.php/up-j-oq/article/view/103 https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.103 eng eng Ubiquity Press https://account.openquaternary.com/index.php/up-j-oq/article/view/103/133 https://account.openquaternary.com/index.php/up-j-oq/article/view/103/134 https://account.openquaternary.com/index.php/up-j-oq/article/view/103 doi:10.5334/oq.103 Copyright (c) 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Open Quaternary; Vol. 7 (2021); 8 2055-298X poetry outreach art-science science communication Quaternary geopoetics info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftjoq https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.103 2024-08-14T03:03:24Z In this paper I present a series of poems written as Poet-in-Residence at the 20th International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress in 2019 and evaluate my experience of their composition and the effectiveness of their dissemination via social media from my perspective as a poet and geoscientist. The poems, which mainly focus on research papers presented at the conference in sessions on climate change and cultural legacies, ice-sheet dynamics, and fluvial landscape evolution, illustrate how many themes within Quaternary science, and their relevance to the history, contemporary identity, and future sustainability of human society, can inspire poetic responses. Although the social media reach was relatively modest, engagement with the poetry by other scientists and poets indicated that there is interest within the Quaternary science community for exploring poetry as a method of communicating research. Consequently, recommendations for similar activities in future conferences include organising more participatory and performative activities during the conference programme such as workshops or readings to develop this interest, and varying the methods of dissemination using different social media platforms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Open Quaternary Open Quaternary 7 |
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In this paper I present a series of poems written as Poet-in-Residence at the 20th International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress in 2019 and evaluate my experience of their composition and the effectiveness of their dissemination via social media from my perspective as a poet and geoscientist. The poems, which mainly focus on research papers presented at the conference in sessions on climate change and cultural legacies, ice-sheet dynamics, and fluvial landscape evolution, illustrate how many themes within Quaternary science, and their relevance to the history, contemporary identity, and future sustainability of human society, can inspire poetic responses. Although the social media reach was relatively modest, engagement with the poetry by other scientists and poets indicated that there is interest within the Quaternary science community for exploring poetry as a method of communicating research. Consequently, recommendations for similar activities in future conferences include organising more participatory and performative activities during the conference programme such as workshops or readings to develop this interest, and varying the methods of dissemination using different social media platforms. |
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Poetry as a Tool For Outreach in Quaternary Science: Examples From the 20th INQUA Congress |
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