In-between Wetnesses

Principal Investigator: Dr. Laura Denning
                           Co-PI: Dr. Deepta Sateesh

This is a project on decolonising the Scottish environment in radical ways. Dr. Laura Denning and Dr. Deepta Sateesh dialogue between parallel inquiries, both practices of dwelling, anchored in material practices of thatch, and the immaterial practices of kinship. This is a proposal for a collaborative fellowship where we seek to develop practice-based processes that dialogue with one another through an investigation in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. We propose to uncover deep socio-ecological relations that are significant to building adaptive resilient landscapes and their inhabitants. Working between material and immaterial practices, framed by wet ontologies, walking is a practice of animist research, towards decolonising the terrain. This research contributes to themes of kinship, articulated through artefacts and practices aligned with contemporary visual culture. Using embodied methodologies to understand the significance of transcorporeal intra-actions in wet environments in relation to kinship studies, the proposal presents these findings through practice.