Agenda

As part of the conference Relational Accountability of Mother Earth: Revitalizing & Restoring Land and Water – NFRF-I Consortium Meeting 2026 (Programme attached below), hosted by the NICHE Centre for Environmental Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, is presented a series of open seminars and workshops.

The meetings are part of the programme “Methodologies of Communicating Water: Explorations in Knowledge and Indigenous Practices in the Climate Emergency” and are open to the public. They bring together different perspectives and approaches to water, environmental knowledge, and practices of communication in the context of the climate emergency.

OPEN SEMINARS

1 September 2026 

10:00–12:30

Water Quality Through the Lens of Natural Scientists

Kim Luong
Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

13.30-16.30

Howing Workshop:
a performance lecture and experimental workshop on how to communicate the climate emergency using artistic methods and practices.

Jen Rae
Centre for Reworlding and University of Liverpool

San Giobbe, Polo Rispoli Cannaregio 873, Fondamenta San Giobbe, Venezia

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3 September 2026 13:30–16:00

Eco-pedagogical workshop: Introducing
Cycle 0 - a methodological lens that repositions the “beginning” of participatory research

Jonathan Joseph, Nomthandonzo Pukwana, Bruce Damons, Mandela Nelson
Nelson Mandela University

Ca’ Dolfin, Aula Magna Silvio Trentin Dorsoduro 3859/A, Venezia