Professor Thomas Coulthard T.Coulthard@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Physical Geography
The University of Hull Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre on Water Cultures
People Involved
Professor Kevin Burden K.J.Burden@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Educational Technology
Professor Stewart Mottram S.Mottram@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Literature and Environment
Professor Joy Porter
Professor Trevor Burnard
Professor Briony McDonagh B.McDonagh@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Environmental Humanities
Project Description
Water Cultures critically re-examines our relationships with water in the populous, but precarious, zones between land and sea. Coastal, estuary and delta regions are home to 40% of global population, and the opportunities and challenges of living with water have long shaped cultures in these ‘green-blue’ zones. With climate change increasing the likelihood and severity of water stresses and shocks, we can learn vital lessons from the lived experience of these water cultures in order to foster new understandings of how humanity’s relationship with the environment needs to change. This is an urgent global challenge requiring a novel interdisciplinary framework – the ‘green-blue humanities'. Water Cultures pioneers this, delivering cutting-edge, humanities-led, comparative, and transhistorical approaches to living with water, learning from the past, from cultures worldwide and from conversations with the sciences in order to rethink fundamentally the water cultures of today for the generations of tomorrow.
Water Cultures is a highly original and significant contribution to an urgent area of interdisciplinary research, which UoH is uniquely positioned to take forward. Water is a research priority area for UoH and its flagship research institute, the EEI, has developed an international reputation for research on global water risks and resilience. Water Cultures brings an important arts and humanities dimension to UoH’s impressive track-record. It equips the next generation of researchers to work across disciplines, to better understand water cultures globally and transhistorically, and so engage diverse communities worldwide with the complex challenges of living with water in a changing climate.
| Type of Project | Studentship |
|---|---|
| Status | Project Live |
| Funder(s) | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Value | £1,350,000.00 |
| Project Dates | Jun 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2027 |
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