Looking back, Looking Forth – Climate Anxiety and the Archives

Description

Part of the Day of Co-Creation by the Binks Hub and Outwith

Rhiannon Bull led a creative writing workshop on experiences of climate change, prompted by materials from the School of Scottish Studies Archives. This was part of a co-creation day, celebrating participatory and creative forms of research practices hosted by The Binks Hub and Outwith.
We explored materials from the School of Scottish Studies Archives as prompts to help us (re-)think about how we process emotions or wellbeing impacts that may be associated with a changing climate, guided throughout by Rhiannon Bull - a writer and co-creative researcher currently conducting PhD research looking at climate emotion in Scotland.
We drew on collections from the University of Edinburgh's School of Scottish Studies Archives as writing prompts, to help get us started. This vast archive is publicly accessible, and spans a fascinating array of materials including audio recordings (storytelling, music, song, and oral histories amongst other great materials), photographs, and handwritten manuscripts.

Period	2 Apr 2026
Event type	Workshop
Degree of Recognition	National