[Commlist] ‘Empowering climate action through participatory filmmaking’: SWW DTP Collaborative Doctoral Award

*SWW DTP Collaborative Doctoral Award: ‘Empowering climate action 
through participatory filmmaking’*

Applications are open for a new PhD opportunity in the Department of 
Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University, in 
partnership with Cardiff University and the Centre for Alternative 
Technology. Starting September 2023.

The project is funded by the AHRC South West and Wales Doctoral Training 
Partnership, which covers tuition fees (UK home student rate), a full 
maintenance stipend (approx. £17.5k pa for 3 years 8 months) and £550 pa 
to cover the costs of working at the non-HEI.

*Project details*

This PhD project has been conceived as an interdisciplinary 
practice-based investigation into how collaborative art making can 
nurture new forms of environmental awareness and engagement.

Working with the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), the doctoral 
student will use community-based participatory documentary filmmaking to 
engage publics in the interpretation and representation of the climate 
crisis, tracking over a fixed period how these activities shift 
perceptions and facilitate changes in attitude, behaviours and practices.

The PhD will map out a framework for how to achieve creative and 
personally relevant approaches for understanding climate change, 
bringing together theoretical research and empirical study within an 
artistic context.

The project offers a unique opportunity for a doctoral student to work 
across art and science in collaboration with local communities. They 
will be invited to experiment with a range of moving image technologies, 
from hand-processed and physically manipulated 16mm film to high-end 
digital media and hand-held personal devices.

*For more information and to apply please visit*: 
https://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/cda-projects-2022-2023/cda2-empowering-climate-action-through-participatory-filmmaking/ 
<https://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/cda-projects-2022-2023/cda2-empowering-climate-action-through-participatory-filmmaking/> 


For questions about the project please contact Dr Kim Knowles 
((kik2 /at/ aber.ac.uk) <mailto:(kik2 /at/ aber.ac.uk)>)

Prifysgol Aberystwyth University <https://www.aber.ac.uk/en>


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