Coastal Futures Festival 2023

Produced by the University of Virginia’s Coastal Conservatory

December 6, 2-5pm, University of Virginia (UVA), Nau Hall 101

December 8, 2:00-5:00pm, Eastern Shore Community College (ESCC), Workforce Building Atrium

Schedule of Events:

December 6, 2023, 2-5pm

NAU Hall 101, University of Virginia (UVA)

2:00pm:

Matthew Burtner Welcome

Soundscapes of Restoration

Karen McGlathery, seagrass science

Dreams of Seagrass sonification by Matthew Burtner

Willis Jenkins reflection

Matt Reidenbach, oyster restoration science

Oyster Communion by Matthew Burtner

performed by Lisa Burrs along with oyster shell ensemble (Molly Joyce, Kristin Hauge, Ari Bell, Rah Hite, Gabrielle Cerberville)

Willis Jenkins reflection

Discussion

Flightways of Uncertainty

Karen McGlathery intro to Red Knot and Salt Marsh Sparrow science

Brian Lindgren “Red Knot Sonorama (2007-2022)”

Audience reflection

Kristin Hauge “On the Strangest Sea”

Audience reflection

3:15pm <Coffee break>

3:30

Hillary Kaell (McGill University)
“A Multibeing Manifesto: Using Tools from Religious Studies to Rethink Ecological Change on the Coast”

accompanying soundscape from Burtner:

Hurricane Ida Thunderstorm, Nov 10, 2009, recorded at Walnut Creek Lake, Virginia

What moral elements fuel ideas about development in the face of ecological risk? What is the impact if we rethink ecological relations more expansively as including non-humans, humans, and spiritual beings? As an anthropologist and historian of religion, Hillary Kaell explores these questions through her ongoing fieldwork in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. In conversation with a diverse array of coastal residents, she asks what matters to people as they consider the past and imagine a possible future on the Banks.

Reception

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December 8, 2023, 2-5pm

Atrium, Eastern Shore Community College (ESCC)

29316 Lankford Highway Melfa, VA 23410

2pm

Open House Listening Stations

2:30pm

Cora Baird, Welcome

Soundscapes of Restoration

Matthew Burtner Introduce Soundscapes of Restoration album

Karen McGlathery, seagrass science

Dreams of Seagrass sonification by Matthew Burtner

Willis Jenkins reflection

Matt Reidenbach, oyster restoration science

Oyster Communion by Matthew Burtner

performed by Lisa Burrs along with oyster shell ensemble (Molly Joyce, Kristin Hauge, Ari Bell, Rah Hite, Gabrielle Cerberville)

Willis Jenkins reflection

3:15pm

The Hidden World Around Us

Alex Foxworthy ESCC

3:30pm

Flightways of Uncertainty

Sarah Karpanty on shorebird science

Brian Lindgren composition: “Red Knot Sonorama (2007-2022)”

Audience reflection

Bridget Re on Salt Marsh Sparrow science

Kristin Hauge composition: “On the Strangest Sea”

Audience reflection

4:15pm

Community Conversation and Reception

Listening & Video Stations remain open until 5pm, Rm 130