INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR OF THE GLOBAL NETWORK OF WATER MUSEUMS
WHEN WATERS SPEAK #2
28th of May 2021
In cooperation with:
Orchestra of St. John’s (London/Oxford) and
REACH (University of Oxford)
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This webinar brings together artists and scientists to discuss the impact of climate change on water resources in East-Africa, and in turn, on the millions of people who depend on them for their livelihoods. It will feature a screening of Reaching Water, an electro-orchestral music video commissioned by conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey and the Orchestra of St John’s and composed by the band pecq, with imagery by videographer Ross Harrison, in response to scientific research from Dr Catherine Grasham, as part of the REACH programme. The panelists will also explore how science and art can come together to address the water and climate crises.
WEBINAR PROGRAMME
INTRODUCTION
EULISSE Eriberto, Executive Director of the Global Network of Water Museums (University of Venice)
OPENING REMARKS
ZERIHUN NEGUSSIE Yohannes, Director, Ecohydrology Directorate and Coordinator, African Regional Center for Ecohydrology u/a of UNESCO
ARTISTIC PANEL
Moderator: CHAUTARD Alice, REACH Communications & Knowledge Exchange Manager (University of Oxford)
GENET Eyayu, Visual artist and art Educator at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
CONRADIE Hanien, Artist and performer in the terrain of human-nature relationship
PONCHIONE-BAILEY Cayenna, Associate Conductor of the Orchestra of St. John’s, Oxford, UK
JACOBS Hannah and O’BRIEN Nicholas, pecq musicians and composers
REACHING WATER SCREENING
SCIENTIFIC PANEL
Moderator: CHAUTARD Alice, REACH Communications & Knowledge Exchange Manager (University of Oxford)
TAYE Meron Teferi, Researcher, International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa Office, Ethiopia
GRASHAM Catherine, Postdoctoral researcher in Water Security and Society, University of Oxford, UK
OLAGO Daniel, Professor, Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Nairobi, Kenya
CLOSING REMARKS
EULISSE Eriberto, Executive Director of the Global Network of Water Museums (University of Venice)