Pawas Bisht – Pollution Stories

Recruiting New Delhi-based RA for Environmental Storytelling Project

A chance to join our team! Recruiting New Delhi-based RA for Environmental Storytelling Project (16 months; full-time). Application deadline: 25 May 2022. Role is envisaged for Indian nationals. We are pleased to announce that we are actively recruiting for a full-time ‘Research Assistant’ for “Storytelling for Environmental Change: Tackling Air Pollution in the World’s MostContinue reading “Recruiting New Delhi-based RA for Environmental Storytelling Project”

‘Pollution Stories’ event showcased for excellence in public engagement with research

The project team (Bisht, Giraud, and Kidwai) alongwith community partners B Arts delivered an activity series titled ‘Environmental Storytelling Between Stoke-on-Trent and New Delhi’ at the 2021 Being Human Festival (UK’s national festival of the Humanities; led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership by the AHRC and the British Academy).Continue reading “‘Pollution Stories’ event showcased for excellence in public engagement with research”

Pollution stories student films screened at the Rain International Nature Film Festival 2022

We are delighted to share the news that two student films produced as part of the activities for the project were screened at the 4th Rain International Nature Film Festival (11-12 March 2022, CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala, India). ‘Latent City (Feeding Without Footprint)’ by Avikal and Pankaj and ‘The Giant Towers’ by Heena and Monazza’Continue reading “Pollution stories student films screened at the Rain International Nature Film Festival 2022”

Being Human Festival Funding for ‘Environmental Storytelling Between Stoke-on-Trent and New Delhi’

We are pleased to share news that Dr Pawas Bisht has been successful in securing funding from the Being Human Festival 2021 for the organisation of a series of participatory storytelling workshops and a public screening and discussion event; the activity series is titled ‘Environmental storytelling between Stoke-on-Trent and New Delhi: Tackling Air Pollution’ andContinue reading “Being Human Festival Funding for ‘Environmental Storytelling Between Stoke-on-Trent and New Delhi’”