TIME CHANGE: SEGS seminar at James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen.
Exploring the role of artist in Ecosystem Services
Nuria Sánchez-León
Research fellow at the Art and Environment Research Center (CIAE)
Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)
Our next SEGS seminar will held on Thursday 10th November from 9-10h. and is to be led by Nuria Sanchez-Leon.
Nuria has a dual background in Art and Ecology. Her work focuses on the Ecological crisis and how artists contribute to environmental awareness and foster social transformation. Currently, she has been awarded a research fellowship with the On the Edge Research Community at the Robert Gordon University. Dr Anne Douglas, co-founder with Chris Fremantle of On the Edge Research, will join the seminar as well. Douglas is the Principal Investigator on the AHRC funded Cultural leadership and the place of the artist (2015-16)
Nuria and Anne will stay at the Institute for coffee/1-to-1 meetings. Please, let me know if you would be interested in meeting them after the seminar.
Please, see below for further details on her seminar and bios.
Abstract
In this presentation we would like to offer a view of the role of artist within the four categories of Ecosystem Services (ES). Traditionally the artist´s role has been encapsulated in the fourth category, Cultural Services. Nonetheless in the last 40 years, environmental artists have shown the ability to interact also within the other three categories. In this presentation we will show examples of each one and clarify the different roles of the artist in ES.
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