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A new programme of events from Edinburgh Futures Institute First Breath: Autumn 2022 Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Autumn 2022 programme: First Breath opens on 10 October and runs until 2 December. The creative and thought provoking programme offers a wide range of activities and performances, readings, and discussions, which will invite and engage different responses to some of the critical challenges of our time. The theme ‘First Breath’ was selected by the Futures Institute to connect with the third series of the Edinburgh Futures Conversations – The Future of Climate Justice – and with the aim of opening the opportunity to create and showcase different events, performances and activities across the Institute’s key themes and projects. First Breath is open to multiple interpretations and exploration and the event programme delves into responses to the climate and environmental crisis, to migration and displacement, and to equality, reparation and justice. More than 20 unique events will feature authors, poets, musicians, scientists and artists as they explore these themes and invite provocation and response.
A Diverse Programme First Breath features poetry and performances, author discussions, participatory sessions and workshops reflecting the diverse work and communities of practitioners, researchers, students and external partners that the Futures Institute reaches. A number of events will be delivered in hybrid format (online and live streamed) and reflect the open nature of the programme, supporting the ambition to attract an audience that is not limited by geographic boundaries. All events are free to attend and open to the public.
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The Future of Climate Justice The First Breath event season is closely aligned with the University’s Edinburgh Futures Conversations series, where experts from around the world share their views on pressing global issues. The three Edinburgh Futures Conversations events — two panel discussions and one poetry performance —will focus on the future of climate justice and kick off the First Breath programme. The flagship panel event features experts in the field of climate justice: Adrienne Buller, Elizabeth Cripps, Tasneem Essop, Arunabha Ghosh, A. C. Grayling, and Patricia
Scotland, in a live discussion chaired by Hermione Cockburn. Indonesian writer and artist Khairani Barokka will deliver a poetry performance entitled AMUK for the second event of the series. An online panel discussion caps the conversations series, featuring environmental experts and climate activists from around the world: Khairani Barokka, Alice C. Hill, George Monbiot, Vanessa Nakate, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, and Laura Young. The discussion will be chaired by Elizabeth Bomberg. Find out more and book tickets at efi.ed.ac.uk/events-overview