Dr Joanna Clare Dobson - “The River Don has a right to thrive in its own right, because it's alive and it's something we should deeply respect”
As part of our Right to Thrive series on the future rights of nature, we speak to a Sheffield-based researcher who explores the relationship between trauma and the living world.
"I think we have a responsibility to witness the losses that are happening in the more-than-human world"
@sammgreg.bsky.social spoke with @joannacdobson.bsky.social, a #Sheffield writer and researcher whose work focuses on the role the living world plays in narratives around trauma🌱
#RightToThrive
18.04.2025 09:57 — 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
Exploring Frontiers: A Rights of Nature Just Transition
In partnership with The River Dôn ProjectHumans are part of nature, but often act as if we are separ…
🌱 13 May - Exploring Frontiers: A Rights of Nature Just Transition
Join @riverdonproject.bsky.social to explore the entangled nature of change-making, as we try to navigate the complex relationships between humans & nature that we all live in every day. ⬇️
15.04.2025 09:01 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
We had an absolute ball running our Water Quality Live Lab at @riverdonproject.bsky.social Faethm exhibition with @weareopus.bsky.social @hiveit.co.uk @hallam-biosci-chem.bsky.social and @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social.
Shout out to @amycartergordon.bsky.social, that girl knows how to throw a party
20.03.2025 16:58 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
BBC Radio Sheffield - Paulette Edwards, 05/03/2025
Guests, great music, updates and your stories for your mid-morning with Paulette.
ICYMI: Amy Carter-Gordon spoke to Radio Sheffield about Fæthm, a new exhibition exploring the significance of the River Don 🌊
Amy was joined by Alban from @riverdonproject.bsky.social to talk about how can rethink our relationship with nature
Listen back from 2:13:00
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
10.03.2025 10:41 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Late: The Nature of Science
Get ready for an evening of crafty activities and scientific endeavours in this special after hours event at the Millennium Gallery.
Join us Thurs 6 March at the Millennium Gallery to kick off British Science Week!
Explore the science of colour—from fluorescent microscopy revealing nature’s beauty to chemical reactions shaping beer’s hue and taste 🍺
@sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social @hallam-biosci-chem.bsky.social
Find out more ⬇
25.02.2025 10:51 — 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2
Exhibition flyer for fathom, featuring an image of a rowing boat flooding on the River Don at Kelham Island. The flyer says 'Faethm - The depths of the River Don'. Upper Gallery at Kelham Island Museum Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th March 2025, free entry.
Join us at Kelham Island Museum for fæthm, an exploration of the cultural and environmental significance of the River Don 🌊
The free exhibition will debut a public art installation at Kelham Island Weir and artworks from Hallam artist-researchers.
Find out more ⬇
www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-art...
18.02.2025 15:43 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
What does the River Don mean to the people of Sheffield?
Four people who live and work alongside the Don explore their relationship to the river and how it could be better cared for, as well as the positive and negative impacts it has on their lives.
"There's something about water, isn't there. People go where the energy flows"
New research by @sheffielduni.bsky.social student Oliver Eales explores how people who live and work alongside the Don relate to #Sheffield's biggest river. @sammgreg.bsky.social reports ⬇️
@riverdonproject.bsky.social
13.02.2025 15:17 — 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Person sat on small jetty, in front of lake. Holding a phone in their left hand with the River Stewardship App on screen. Details of the event and logos are overlaid on the image.
What does it mean to build an agreement for collective responsibility and stewardship?
Join @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social for 'A walk along the River Don'
🗓️ Sat Dec 14, 9:45-11:30am
🎟️ Booking and details actionnetwork.org/events/agree...
#RiverDonProject
08.12.2024 18:12 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Person sat on small jetty, in front of lake. Holding a phone in their left hand with the River Stewardship App on screen. Details of the event and logos are overlaid on the image.
How do we care for the ecosystem and nurture the conditions for us to all thrive?
Join @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social for Agreement-making with the Ecosystem: 'A walk along the River Don'
🗓️ Sat Dec 14, 9:45-11:30am
🎟️ Booking and details actionnetwork.org/events/agree...
#RiverDonProject
06.12.2024 16:39 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Connect with some of the collaborative partnership exploring the furture rights of nature.
go.bsky.app/KyrUVqR
02.12.2024 17:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A picture of students attending a technology exhibition. The picture displays two law students, one wearing a yellow hoodie and another wearing a grey hoodie talking to members of staff from Hive IT at their exhibition table. On the table is laptops, post-it notes and pens.
The image is a picture of Effy our user researcher wearing a green Hive IT hoodie, in deep conversation with a student from the university. Next to her is Alban wearing a black top, also in deep conversation with another student. There is also a pink advertisement sign next to Alban which says, 'Hive IT' and on the white wall behind them there is a projected image of a mobile app.
This image shows a room full of students and technology exhibitors, deep in conversation during the tech play date.
We were thrilled to be invited to the @sheffielduni.bsky.social School of Law’s first-ever ‘Tech Play Day’ with @weareopus.bsky.social last week! Engaging with students about technology in an interactive way was a fantastic experience.
#UniversityOfSheffield #InteractiveTech
02.12.2024 12:28 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Writer of creative nonfiction; researcher in the environmental humanities. Based in Sheffield, lover of allotments and trees. joannaclaredobson.com
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