Juan Camilo Serpa working with farmers at one of his The Data Mangrove institute research projects in Costa Rica. (photo by Elsa Bonilla)
The Museum of Vancouver and the University of Victoria have been awarded a six-year $2.5 million Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant.
The money will be used to document climate change stories internationally. The project, entitled From Catastrophe to Community: A People’s History of Climate Change, will see 500 post-secondary students and professional journalists trained to document the experiences and wisdom of 1,000 climate change survivors around the world.
“The project will result in the creation of documentaries with APTN Investigates, news features, an anthology and a travelling museum exhibition that will launch at Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Museum of Vancouver,” according to the news release.
“In the process, the From Catastrophe to Community team will develop new trauma-informed, human-rights-based storytelling practices that can support the recovery of communities impacted by climate change and other humanitarian crises.”
As part of the project, the Museum of Vancouver will partner with museums and galleries, including:
- BC Museums Association
- John & Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery
- National Museum of Scotland
- Royal BC Museum
- Royal Ontario Museum
- The Reach Gallery Museum
- University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grants support the development of partnered research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities,” according to the Government of Canada.
They “provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities. This is done through mutual cooperation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources as shown by cash and/or in-kind contributions.”
Source: Museum of Vancouver
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