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360 degree video documentation of a day of workshop activities for the interdisciplinary research project titled Sea-ing Differently: An Exploration of Children’s Watery Entanglements in an Ocean City, and collaboration between Parker and Early Childhood Studies researchers, Dr Marie Lavelle and Dr Karen Wickett, working in partnership with Riverside Community Primary in the Barne Barton area of Plymouth and Real Ideas in Devonport, and the film-maker Dr Stuart Moore.Funded by an AHRC Impact Initiation Award (IAA) to Dr Kayla Parker (PI) (1), the interdisciplinary research sought to hear the often neglected experiences of the very youngest members of the community in relation to the sea. The impact initiation phase explored how the sea, water and impacts of climate change feature in very young urban children’s everyday lives to better understand the place of the sea in their lives, and what these things might mean to them.We worked with 62 4- to 5-year-olds in Barne Barton, a deprived neighbourhood of Plymouth on the western edge of the city, once known as the "forgotten island," (2) which borders with the sea and yet is cut off from access to the waterfront by the naval dockyard and a giant incinerator plant.Our data gathering was focused on a day of outdoor and indoor activities, which included: 360˚ film-making, a Welly Walk to the nearest beach, singing and music-making, drawing, water play and map-making. We worked with 3 classes of around 20 children over three cold, wet and windy days in March 2023. This 360˚ video is a compilation of the workshop activities with the children and their educators.TEST SCREENINGSThe documentation film was tested in different screening environments and contexts to gauge and capture audience response and inform the development of the research, publication and application for grant funding:1. 360˚ film, immersive dome, Market Hall, Devonport, for the children and their educators (28 March 2023)2. 2-D version, at the National Marine Aquarium, for Plymouth Cultural Education Partnership forum (4 May 2023).3. 2-D version, at school assembly for the parents and children, Riverside school (25 May 2023) (3).4. 360˚ film, immersive dome, Market Hall, Devonport, to an invited audience of families, City Councillors, Community Builders, arts educators, academics and researchers and their children, community practitioners and local policy-makers (12 June 2023) (4).5. 2-D version, at the Ocean Hackathon weekend, Market Hall, Devonport, public engagement activities with children and families (18 November 2023) (5).Parents, children and educators have given their permission for the 360˚ video, with name credits to the children and their educators, to be publicly accessible and available for viewing online. The film can be viewed on Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/880231100The copy of Sea-ing Differently 360˚ film available on Vimeo and deposited in Pearl is a framed 16:9 HD version with stereo sound that is non-navigable and dated 14th April 2024.360 degree video with soundtrack, 15 minsPRESENTATIONSSea-ing in Place: Co-creating Film with Young Children, paper, including an extract from the 360 documentation video, delivered by Parker at the 29th Annual Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) Conference hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University (7 to 10 September 2023).Parker, Lavelle and Wickett gave a talk and screened an extract from the 360 documentation video at the Co-creation and Co-design Research Methodology World Café Workshop led by Professor Mona Nasser at University of Plymouth (16 May 2024).Parker, Lavelle and Wickett gave a talk and screened extracts from the 360 documentation video for the Amplifying Young Voices: Child Centred Research Seminar series at University of Plymouth (14 May 2025).NOTES1. Sea-ing Differently is a collaborative research project between Parker, Lavelle and Wickett. During the first phase of AHRC IAA funding January to March 2023, Parker was PI and Lavelle and Wickett, Co-PIs; for the second AHRC IAA phase from May to July, Lavelle was PI, with Parker and Wickett as Co-PIs.2. "It is one of the most deprived areas in the UK, particularly within the centre of St Budeaux and most of Barne Barton. ... The most deprived area of Barne Barton is to the south, which in 2019 was rated 1,049 out of 32,844 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)." Devon Community Foundation (2022) St Budeaux: Profile of Associational Life (March 2022), p. 5. https://devoncf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/St-Budeaux-PAL-1.pdf3. AHRC IAA phase 2. Comments from parent and children were collected on postcards after the screening; feedback included children's drawings. There was also a short, online survey available, accessed via a QR code.4. AHRC IAA phase 2. The postcards from the parents' assembly were displayed in the Market Hall café area, with refreshments available for the audience. After the screening, comments from parent and children were collected on postcards and video interviews were conducted with children and a selection of adults. The online survey was available via a QR code.5. During the Ocean Hackathon Weekend, held at the Market Hall, Devonport, we ran public engagement activities with a group of parents and children who had been part of the workshops at Riverside Primary in March and the dome screening in June. The children each created a drawing about their memory of a visit to a beach, and were interviewed on video by their parent. Other interviews were filmed with the Ocean Hackathon University of Plymouth team members, and of the children speaking to Dr Christine Pequignet, a Senior Researcher with the Met Office, who was a member of our team.

Publication Date

2024-04-14

Keywords

360, children, climate emergency, collaboration, ocean, sea, water

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