In the Corbières, the impact of anthropogenic climate change has reached a critical stage. Its effect on the landscape and on the ability to thrive of animal and plant life within it is palpable. And the situation is exacerbated by […] more
Five threads from my previous experience led me to this project: In southern France, the climate emergency has delivered increasing insecurity. Over successive years we have had prolonged summer heatwaves with exceptionally high temperatures, and lack of rain leading to […] more
I shall investigate these interactive patterns of actions or ‘performances’ (Madeira, 2022), using a New Materialist theoretical framework. A key characteristic of this approach is that it will enable me to move beyond anthropocentricism and employ qualitative methods to help […] more
Recognising the relative decline of viticulture, during the 1990s the Aude departmental council began a push to develop tourism as an alternative player in the local economy. This coincided with the EEC[1]’s Set-aside policy which was an incentive scheme to help reduce the […] more
Lionel Ormières, again in L’Independant, wrote in August 2022 about how the heat and drought were raising the risk of damage caused by wild boar (Ormières, 2022a). In his piece, Ormières points to the lack of water and food caused […] more
The above examples offer vignettes of human and non-human animal interaction in the Corbières region of France in an era of climate change and environmental degradation. As I investigate further, I will use photography as both a research method and […] more
