Citizen Science Creative Residency"Human–Ocean Kinship "

Ciocan, C. (Organiser)
Angie Richard (Member of programme committee)
Gant, N. (Member of programme committee)
Dean, T. (Member of programme committee)

Activity: Events › Outreach and Public Engagement

Description

This project outlines a short-term Citizen Science Creative Residency immersion hosted by The Floating Stories Lab Association (France) and University of Brighton (UK), designed to bring together creative practitioners to explore human–ocean relationships through creative practice and participatory research.
The residency responds to the growing ecological challenge of marine pollution from end-of-life boats, particularly fiberglass waste along European coastlines. While scientific research documents the impacts of this pollution, public understanding and cultural engagement remain limited.
Impact aims:
•Increase public and academic awareness of marine degradation through creative interpretation
•Support new interdisciplinary methods combining citizen science and arts
•Contribute to practice-based knowledge that can inform environmental communication, education, and policy discourse

Period	20 Jun 2026 → 29 Jun 2026
Event type	Other
Location	Plouhinec, FranceShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

Citizen Science Creative Residency"Human–Ocean Kinship "

Description

Documents & Links

Related content

Research output

Mapping end of life boats: Podcast created and ran by Angie Richard on the citizen science contribution to mapping the abandoned boats in estuaries in France

Release of a “forever material” from end-of-life boats and glass-reinforced composite boats is pervasive and entering food chains: fibreglass and environmental impact

Activities

Projet Euro 4

Monitoring the Impact of fiberglass in the aquatic ecosystem: the case of oysters and mussels in UK

Restoring Our Shores: a community - science approach to Abandoned Boats

Abandoned fibreglass boats and their impact on coastal ecosystems