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Our research aims to support collaboration between the arts, humanities, and natural sciences, via a creative practice-led methodology based on making ‘more-than-human’ stories. Stories provide connection and convey complex ideas in ways that resonate deeply with emotions and values as well as the intellect, and thus, without instrumentalising stories or artistic practice, we believe story-making can enhance how we make and value knowledge about the world. More-than-human story-making emphasises the relationship between human and non-human elements such as ice, water, rock, scientific data and equipment, animal lives, historical artefacts, and technologies.

Story-making is a method of creative practice as research. It involves elements of story structure and iterates between versions of stories and modes of expression. Stories may be told through writing, visuals, sounds, movements, or objects, both digital and tactile. Until now, storytelling and story-making research has concentrated on human stories. However, we aim to explore how the methodology can be adapted to tell stories of non-human entities and objects. By this, we mean a story that draws on human experiences, knowledge, imagination, and creativity to represent nonhuman elements as integral to a more-than-human story. We hope to demonstrate the potential of this approach to explore wider research questions about human relationships with Antarctica.

We held one workshop in Oxford in April 2025, and another workshop is taking place online via Zoom in September 2025. To register your interest in the online workshop, please click here and we will contact you with full details once they are available.

APART

Alina Botezatu is a postgraduate researcher based at the University of Stirling, working at the intersection of...

Alina Botezatu is a postgraduate researcher based at the University of Stirling, working at the intersection of critical heritage and museum studies. Her PhD project is focused on the...

Alina Botezatu is a postgraduate researcher based at the University of Stirling, working at the intersection of critical heritage and museum studies. Her PhD project is focused on the Trinity House of Leith in collaboration...

Alina Botezatu is a postgraduate researcher based at the University of Stirling, working at the intersection of critical heritage and museum studies. Her PhD project is focused on the Trinity House of Leith in collaboration with Historic Scotland.

Bound Together

Annie Rapstoff is a visual artist living in Oxfordshire. She is interested in responding to place and explores...

Annie Rapstoff is a visual artist living in Oxfordshire. She is interested in responding to place and explores interrelationships with other beings, including animals, plants, trees...

Annie Rapstoff is a visual artist living in Oxfordshire. She is interested in responding to place and explores interrelationships with other beings, including animals, plants, trees and rocks. Annie works with performance,...

Annie Rapstoff is a visual artist living in Oxfordshire. She is interested in responding to place and explores interrelationships with other beings, including animals, plants, trees and rocks. Annie works with performance, text, voice, video and stitch.

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Jane Thomas is a writer, poet, and creative health advocate exploring the intersection of nature, grief and human...

Jane Thomas is a writer, poet, and creative health advocate exploring the intersection of nature, grief and human experience. Her work often focuses on how environmental and personal...

Jane Thomas is a writer, poet, and creative health advocate exploring the intersection of nature, grief and human experience. Her work often focuses on how environmental and personal landscapes shape one another,...

Jane Thomas is a writer, poet, and creative health advocate exploring the intersection of nature, grief and human experience. Her work often focuses on how environmental and personal landscapes shape one another, particularly in times of change.

WAVES

Rebecca Frik is studying an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at the University of Oxford (UK)....

Rebecca Frik is studying an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at the University of Oxford (UK). She holds a BA in Spanish, Philosophy and Earth Sciences from the University...

Rebecca Frik is studying an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at the University of Oxford (UK). She holds a BA in Spanish, Philosophy and Earth Sciences from the University of Wuppertal (Germany)...

Rebecca Frik is studying an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at the University of Oxford (UK). She holds a BA in Spanish, Philosophy and Earth Sciences from the University of Wuppertal (Germany).

We Must Do It Afraid

Taugul born and London based, Olga Mun is a co-convenor of the Climate Change Education Reading Group at the Department...

Taugul born and London based, Olga Mun is a co-convenor of the Climate Change Education Reading Group at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

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