Symposium

Join us for a one-day symposium exploring the deep connections between rivers, ecology, community wellbeing, and environmental care in the North East. Organised in collaboration with the NU Centre for Water, this event brings together local organisations working on projects  to protect and nurture our waterways and communities.

The event is free to attend. 

This event is part of a wider public programme for Listening to the Voices of the Rivers. More information about the exhibition and other events can be found here.

All events are free to attend. You are welcome to make a donation or pay as you feel. All money will go to fund the programme.

The project is a collaboration between Newcastle Contemporary Art (NCA), Newcastle University, University of London’s School of Advanced Study, and the Amazonart Project. It has received support from Community Foundation North East, Embassy of Peru in the United Kingdom, Newcastle University - NUCORE Water, HaSS Global, School of Modern Languages - and University of London’s School of Advanced Study. It includes partnerships with Newcastle University Centre for Water and Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean, University of London, SAS’s Environmental Humanities Research Hub, Tyne Rivers Trust and UK Environment Agency.

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