The denburn is flooding, don't panic! How does creativity help engage communities in flood risk‪?‬ The Culture & Sustainability podcast

This podcast was produced by Madeleine Jordan to help provide a deeper understanding of the Burnie Journey project.  The interviews, recordings and production took place as part of a work placement with Creative Carbon Scotland from the Edinburgh College of Art. 

The Burnie Journey research project explores how adopting a creative approach to engagement could be taken by Scotland’s flooding authorities to effectively raise levels of flood awareness and preparedness in flood risk communities. Unlike traditional forms of public engagement, this project sought the skills and expertise of a creative practitioner to design and facilitate a number of engagement workshops on flooding and local flood risk management on behalf of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

The project was funded through SEPA’s internal Research and Development Fund and was managed by SEPA’s Flooding Communications and Customer Services team. SEPA commissioned Creative Carbon Scotland to help shape and develop this project using their knowledge of the cultural sector and experience of connecting environmental and climate change organisations with those working in the arts. Creative Carbon Scotland was instrumental in bridging the gap between SEPA and project artist, Simon Gall. The project was also supported by Aberdeen City Council’s Structures, Flooding and Coastal Engineering team who provided local flooding knowledge and community contacts.

To find out more about the project, visit the Floodline Scotland web-page: floodlinescotland.org.uk/creative-engagement.

To find out more about our wider culture/SHIFT work visit our project page:  https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/project/cultureshift