Williamson, Dominica, Evans, Louisa, Bryant, Mark W., Hattam, Caroline, Hooper, Tara, Hughes, Andy, Jack-Kadioglu, Timur, Khalid, Fazlun, Martin, John, Miternique, Celine, Morrissey, Karyn, Slade, Lorna, Thani, Ali and Young, Kathy
2025.
Visualizing seascapes as a method for engaging stakeholders in discussions about resilience.
Ecology and Society
30
(3)
, 5.
10.5751/ES-15874-300305
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Abstract
Coastal communities have complex bodies of knowledge around environmental change, resilience, and sustainability, which extractive forms of research are not well suited to understand. This paper outlines an arts-based action research pilot project to understand social-ecological resilience in the Western Indian Ocean. Our project used visual, artistic, and participatory approaches to foster co-learning and action research on: (1) the arts-based methods themselves and (2) resilience building in coastal communities and ecosystems. This paper focuses on the former elements. We present our inherently phenomenological approach as a research assemblage that can be used to bring together different communities and stakeholders, disciplines, epistemologies, and perspectives to understand our shared environment. Importantly, we propose that a multi-sensory, playful, and pragmatic concertina approach that draws on more than one arts-based method can create a crescendo effect that is more than the sum of its parts, creating an engaging environment for enduring and sustainable exploration of resilience among all members of the community.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Published Online |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion |
| Publisher: | Resilience Alliance |
| ISSN: | 1708-3087 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 12 December 2025 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2025 22:15 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183198 |
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