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Telling the story of temperature

Posted on 9th November 2021 by hello.brigstow

What is the most extreme temperature you have experienced? Take your time and have a moment to think about it. What was happening that day? Where were you? Which of your senses feature in the memory? Do any emotions come back to you? While you’re thinking about it, I’ll tell… Read more

Creating hospitable environments – growth on the (de)Bordering plots

Posted on 5th October 2021 by hello.brigstow

Over the past six months, we’ve been working on (de)Bordering, a project exploring the languages of environmentalism and migration. It is a project quite unlike any we’ve done before! As the artists in the project, we’ve been collaborating with academics and having conversations with students, gardeners and third sector organisations… Read more

Routes

Posted on 26th August 2021 by hello.brigstow

Field recording of the barn swallow, a bird that spends most of its time on the wing. Swallows are widespread breeding birds in the Northern Hemisphere, migrating south in winter. Recording made by Carl Weismann and held in the British Library. https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Hirundo-rustica-Swallow-Hirundinidae.mp3… Read more

Border

Posted on 26th August 2021 by hello.brigstow

In a conversation recorded at the plot in summer 2021, Tim Cole, Professor of History, and Peter Watts, Gardener at Royal Fort Gardens, talk about change, borders, movements of people, plants and soil, and languages of plants and race. https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Peter-and-Tim-3.mp3… Read more

Family

Posted on 26th August 2021 by hello.brigstow

In a conversation recorded at the plot in summer 2021, Katharine Charsley, Professor of Migration Studies, and Savita Wilmott, CEO The Natural History Consortium , talk about the COVID-19 pandemic, about the visibility of family separation and environmental narratives about people visiting nature and nature visiting people. https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Katharine-and-Savita-4.mp3… Read more

Hospitable

Posted on 26th August 2021 by hello.brigstow

Artist Charli Clark talks about the creation of the (de)Bordering plots, and the development of the multispecies planting design and habitat creation. https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Charli-post.mp3… Read more

Invasive

Posted on 26th August 2021 by hello.brigstow

‘Invasive Others: Plants? People? Pathogens?’ Video conversation between Dr Miriam Ticktin from The New School for Social Research and Professor Bridget Anderson, Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol.… Read more

Growth

Posted on 26th August 2021 by hello.brigstow

In a conversation recorded at the plot in summer 2021, Tim Cole, Professor of History, and Peter Watts, Gardener at Royal Fort Gardens, talk about seedheads, gardening practices and beauty in decay. https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Peter-and-Tim-4.mp3… Read more

Home

Posted on 26th August 2021 by hello.brigstow

In a conversation recorded with artists Charli Clark and Paul Hurley in summer 2021, Nariman Massoumi, Lecturer in Film and Television, talks about the experiences of international students within the UK visa and immigration system, and their role at the university and in the (de)bordering project. https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Nariman-2.mp3… Read more

Journey

Posted on 26th August 2021 by hello.brigstow

‘(de)Bordering the human and non-human worlds’ blog post by Professor Bridget Anderson, Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol.… Read more