Blue Speculations

EXPERIMENTAL READING AND WRITING GROUP

What can we learn from contemporary fiction about the ethical dilemmas facing coastal adaptation? What are the trade-offs to be made and how are these tensions presented within literature? What forms of agency exist in shaping coastal futures?

We are academics interested in how people live in coastal regions alongside the inevitability of landscape change, and, ultimately, the recognition that one day the sea will, inevitably, rise. We believe reading and writing carry transformative potential to foster alternative ethics geared towards environmental justice.
We invite you to participate in a unique experimental reading group combining reading with creative writing responses in a dialogical structure. We are looking for participants with a strong connection to the coast, however broadly this may be understood to you. We will meet fortnightly online, on a weeknight, for a total of four sessions.

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This website explains how the experimental reading and writing group works, how you can participate, and the wider research questions we are exploring in collaboration with scientists, philosophers, geographers, governments, and coastal communities.