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<b><font size="5" color="#008fb7" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 143, 183); font-weight: bold; ">Talking Water<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size="4" color="#008fb7" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 143, 183); font-weight: bold; ">Experts and everyday experience<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="gray" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray; font-weight: bold; ">Thu 21 Mar, 10.30am – 4pm | State Library of Queensland | Free, bookings<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/general/talks/talking-water" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">slq.eventbrite.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or
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</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Water science is everywhere – in the media, in urban policy and in advertising. Come along to this one-day forum exploring how water science seeps into our everyday
lives, how it becomes plausible and how ordinary people make sense of it. This lively and engaging multimedia event mixes expert discussion and everyday experiences of water. Join academics, designers, activists and artists to explore how the science of water
is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:personname u4:st="on">comm</st1:personname>unicated and how ordinary encounters with water – from backyard creeks to bottles – make science meaningful.<br>
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</span></font><b><font size="2" color="#008fb7" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 143, 183); font-weight: bold; ">10.30am<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Popular engagements with water science: floods, online maps and soggy carpets<br>
</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Featuring Sarah Whatmore, Professor of Environmental Geography, Oxford University and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:personname u4:st="on">Christian
Duell</st1:personname>, Manager Asia Pacific Design Library, State Library of Queensland.<br>
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Sarah and Christian explore<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:personname u4:st="on">comm</st1:personname>unity responses and knowledge-sharing to flood phenomena. Both will look at bespoke models of alternative flood mitigation interventions as
generated by affected<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:personname u4:st="on">comm</st1:personname>unities in UK and Australia.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><span style="font-style: italic; ">Following this session, participants
can participate in an interactive where they generate their own multimedia water science media campaign.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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</span></i></span></font><b><font size="2" color="#008fb7" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 143, 183); font-weight: bold; ">12.30pm<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Selling water science: comics and advertising<br>
</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Featuring Maureen Burns, Joan Leach, and Gay Hawkins, Centre for Critical Cultural Studies and the Science Communication Program, University of Queensland.<br>
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Our panel of experts examine how we sell water science. Speakers will look at the evolution and changing fashion of selling water science, from the ‘science fixes all’ approaches of the 1960s and 70s to contemporary campaigns where science is used in advertising.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><span style="font-style: italic; ">This
session will be followed by a hands-on interactive where participants devise their own comics and storyboards designed to bring scientific concepts to general audiences.<br>
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</span></i></span></font><b><font size="2" color="#008fb7" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 143, 183); font-weight: bold; ">2.30pm<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Backyard arts and sciences of water<br>
</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Featuring Trish Fitzsimmons, Documentary filmmaker, Griffith University and Phil Heywood, Urban Planning, Queensland University of Technology.<br>
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Session three explores grass-roots and activist responses to water issues. Panel members will concentrate on recent work centred around the Norman Creek Water catchment, and invite the audience to share their own local stories of environmental challenges and
collaboratively generate solutions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">More information:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>3840 7768 or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:learningparticipation@slq.qld.gov.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">learningparticipation@slq.qld.gov.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or
#talkingwater<br>
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