ENCHANTING NATURE
Tentacular storytelling in the Great African Kelp Forest

30 November at 13.00-15.00 GMT
 

An online roundtable with My Octopus Teacher director
Pippa Ehrlich + others from the Sea Change Project

There is a forest beneath the waves off the western coast of South Africa that is as biologically rich as a tropical rainforest.

Few people have experienced the Great African Kelp Forest like the members of the Sea Change Project, a small group of journalists, scientists, photographers and filmmakers who have developed a unique methodology for exploring and learning about, from and with nature called ‘underwater tracking’.

The acclaimed Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher is one example of the project’s approach to ‘multispecies storytelling’. In this Q&A Roundtable with the film’s director, Pippa Ehrlich, and other members of the project, we will explore questions about Sea Change’s approach to exploring, researching and communicating about the ‘forest beneath the waves’.

As part of the STEPS Centre's Natures theme, the conversation will be moderated by Amber Huff (STEPS Centre) and Adrian Nel (University of KwaZulu-Natal).

Recent events

POLLEN2020: watch video from sessions

An extensive archive of video recordings from the POLLEN2020 conference ‘Contested Natures: Power, Politics, Prefiguration’ is now available to all, including people who were not able to participate in the event.

You can watch all the keynote sessions on a YouTube playlist.
Watch playlist: POLLEN2020 keynote video

You can also see video from almost all sessions at the conference, by visiting the conference website and creating a username and password, free of charge. The homepage includes basic instructions on how to do this, and tips on navigating the site to find the session you want.

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Watch Andy Stirling (STEPS co-director) and Sobia Ahmad Kaker in conversation as part of the series of Sussex Development Lectures in November 2020.

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Recording of a discussion between Phil Jones (Wired Sussex), and Andy Stirling and Adrian Smith of SPRU and the STEPS Centre, held as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

The discussion focused on the social aspects of technology and digital futures, and how people around the world are practicing new forms of innovation and demanding more from existing institutions.

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Natures: our theme for 2020