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.www.openquaternary.com:article/103 2023-05-15T16:41:00+02:00 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://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/view/103 https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.103 eng eng Ubiquity Press https://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/view/103/133 https://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/view/103/134 https://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/downloadSuppFile/103/782 https://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/downloadSuppFile/103/783 https://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/downloadSuppFile/103/874 https://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/downloadSuppFile/103/892 https://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/downloadSuppFile/103/893 10.5334/oq.103 https://www.openquaternary.com/jms/article/view/103 doi:10.5334/oq.103 Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). CC-BY Open Quaternary; Vol 7 (2021); 8 2055-298X Quaternary science science communication poetry outreach art-science Quaternary geopoetics info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftjoq https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.103 2022-12-30T10:52:34Z 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 (E-Journal) 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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