Post Graduate Researcher
I'm going back to school!
Between October 2022 and September 2027, thanks to a post graduate research scholarship from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, I will be joining the University of Leeds Doctoral College as a part time PhD student. This page documents my PhD Research into sustainable puppetry practice and uses of puppetry in climate change activism settings
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I am researching Sustainable Puppetry Practices: The Communicative Efficacy of Climate Change Themed Giant Puppetry in Public Space.
Sustainable Puppetry Practices is a practice-led, qualitative research project that investigates the communicative efficacy of a climate change themed giant puppet in public space and aims to situate artistic climate change communications as its own valued engagement method rather than a tool by which to communicate data and science to the public.
By taking a reflexive, reflective, autoethnographic approach to my own practice of producing a specifically designed climate change themed giant puppet and performing it in the outdoors, the project asks:
What is the communicative efficacy of large-scale puppets in climate change activism?
And in more detail:
How do large scale puppets disrupt public space?
How effective are these puppets in communicating scientific climate change information through narrative, aesthetics and metaphor?
How effective are these puppets in inspiring the audience's positive, informed action to address climate change?
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