The science behind Nine Earths

Working with climate scientists, including Mark Maslin of University College London and Julie Doyle of the University of Brighton, Nine Earths draws on the latest climate science to furnish its films and installations with relevant data and messages. This has also provided the thematic structure: Care; Communication; Energy; Food; Goods; Services; Transport; Waste; Water.

"We need stories of climate justice and system change that place marginalised voices at their centre."
Professor Julie Doyle, University of Brighton

Nine Earths as research

Led by Kevin Walker of Coventry University, Nine Earths serves as a research project in visual ethnography, addressing the following questions:

- What can video collected by artists and young people in different countries tell us about global consumption?

- How feasible and suitable is remote ethnography for illuminating specific local contexts and making cross-cultural comparisons about consumption practices in relation to climate change?

In response, the video footage we collect from around the world is analysed using the analytical framework below, developed from the themes identified by climate scientists we are partnered with. The results are then presented in ethnographic films and online/print publications.