Outputs (3)

Act of hope: a story of climate change and water puppetry performance along the Red River, Vietnam (2024)
Journal Article
Lloyd Williams, A., Vũ, Q., Lê, H., Jones, L., Võ, T. T., Halstead, F., Parsons, K. J., Nguyễn, A. T., Hackney, C. R., & Parsons, D. R. (2024). Act of hope: a story of climate change and water puppetry performance along the Red River, Vietnam. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 29(2), 278-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2024.2319833

This case study explores a collaboration between young people, researchers and artists which captured stories of how people in the Red River Catchment of Northern Vietnam are responding to climate change, and then used the local art of water puppetry... Read More about Act of hope: a story of climate change and water puppetry performance along the Red River, Vietnam.

From 'Flood Stories' to 'Flood Actors': Children as Change Agents in Disaster Risk Education (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lloyd Williams, A., & Parsons, K. (2023, June). From 'Flood Stories' to 'Flood Actors': Children as Change Agents in Disaster Risk Education. Presented at XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2022) emphasises the urgent threat of climate change and the need to adapt societies in order to enhance resilience. In England, 1 in 6 households are at risk of flooding and this is set to increa... Read More about From 'Flood Stories' to 'Flood Actors': Children as Change Agents in Disaster Risk Education.

Immersive storytelling and the power of using 360 to amplify the experiences, agency and action of children and young people facing flood risk (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parsons, K. J., Lloyd Williams, A., Skinner, C., & Parsons, D. R. (2022, May). Immersive storytelling and the power of using 360 to amplify the experiences, agency and action of children and young people facing flood risk. Paper presented at European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria

Flood hazard is projected to at least double by 2050 as a consequence of the impacts of climate change, meaning many more societies and communities will need to be able to mitigate and adapt to the resultant increase in flood risk.

One often overl... Read More about Immersive storytelling and the power of using 360 to amplify the experiences, agency and action of children and young people facing flood risk.