Stories from the River Lea

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Room 612 UCL East, Marshgate Building, 7 Sidings Street, London, E20 2AE

A workshop to collectively map experiences of crisis and care on the River Lea. How do people remember floods, pollution events, or other environmental crises? How can we understand and share these experiences in ways that reflect lived realities, emotional connections and alternative ways of knowing?

Through participatory mapping, this workshop holds space for sharing personal and collective stories of crisis, memory and care to capture the multiple ways people make sense of disruption, uncertainty and environmental change. 

This workshop is a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and The Crysees Project with 

Jakleen Al-Dalal and Artemis Skarlatidou: an international research collaboration that examines how environmental health crises are understood, remembered, and communicated through maps, stories, and community knowledge. Together, the team aim to understand how UCL can best support local communities in their ongoing efforts to care for and improve the river.