Journal article
Speaking with the river: Confluence and interdisciplinarity in rivers and river systems
Environment and Planning E: Nature and space, Vol.6(4), pp.2721-2739
2023
Abstract
This article is underpinned by the hypothesis that if Australia is to reassess and improve its relationship to and use of rivers and river systems, then more holistic ways of understanding rivers, and strategies for representing and communicating this understanding, must be developed and brought together. Held over two days in August 2019 at the Lismore campus of Southern Cross University, 'Speaking With the River' was an interdisciplinary symposium exploring the capacities of creative research practice to develop new understandings of rivers and river systems as simultaneously environmental, cultural, historical and economic phenomena. In this article, we bring together the voices and disciplinary insights from the symposium and the rivers of Northern New South Wales, and we reflect on the way that riverine language ran throughout our discussions and ideas, providing a connective model of confluences and conjunctions for the interdisciplinary enterprise we were engaged in. This article presents perspectives on rivers and river systems from law, history, art and science, exploring common ground and common purposes. Developing a legal framework for recognising the rights and 'voices' of rivers, that is informed by Indigenous knowledges, historical contexts, and scientific understanding, and that employs artistic innovation in representation and translation, is to us the ultimate goal of such an enquiry. While this paper does not undertake the formal steps of developing this framework, it provides the necessary background and instantiates its elements and working methods within the context of the Richmond River in Northern New South Wales.
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- Title
- Speaking with the river: Confluence and interdisciplinarity in rivers and river systems
- Authors
- Grayson Cooke (Corresponding Author) - Southern Cross UniversityRob Garbutt (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityJohanna Kijas (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityAlessandro Pelizzon (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityJohn Page (Author) - University of CanterburyAdele Wessell (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityFrances Belle Parker (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityAmanda Reichelt-Brushett (Author) - Southern Cross University
- Publication details
- Environment and Planning E: Nature and space, Vol.6(4), pp.2721-2739
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1177/25148486221139138
- ISSN
- 2514-8494
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99713198702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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