Resources for Artists & Scientists
Mission Ocean and Waters - Helpful Websites and Information
- Learn about the EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters on the Immersive Web Experience and Official European Commission webpage.
- Explore the 4 Lighthouse Regions:
- Meet our sister project PartArt4OW.
- Learn about the Make Europe Blue Campaign and Climate Pact Pledge.
Websites, Databases & Platforms
- The Ocean & Arts Collective on BlueBioMatch–TIDAL ArtS hosts the Ocean & Arts Collective on BlueBioMatch, a place for artists working with ocean and water topics to
- ArtSpots map
A dynamic network of artists, scientists, communities, and other stakeholders, all united in the mission to restore and protect Europe’s water bodies
Citizen Science App Platform
- Immersive Web Experience and Official European Commission webpage -Learn about the EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters
- WaveLinks – WaveLinks is an application that maps the research and innovation landscape of the Mission Ocean, fosters collaborations between projects and reinforces links between academia, industry and society.
Impact Publications
The contribution of TIDAL ArtS to Mission Ocean is documented in this section. We provide you with an overview of our work under five project areas.
Art & Science Journal Articles
- Oceans sing, are you listening? Sounding out potentials for artistic audio engagements with science through the Polar Sounds project
- Stories from the Sea: Working with the SDGs in a Community-Based Art Workshop
- A transdisciplinary co-conceptualisation of marine identity
- Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research
- Realising potentials for arts-based sustainability science
- Art in Science and Science in Art – Reflections through the Lens of Citizen Science
- Fishers’ Perspectives: the Drivers Behind the Decline in Fish Catch in Laguna Lake, Philippines
- Citizen Science & Art/Science Synergies and Future Potential
- Storytelling for narrative approaches in citizen science: towards a generalised model
- “From sea to street”: initiating change for a stronger connection with our ocean
- Connecting People and the Ocean Through Street Art and Citizen Science
Inspiring Videos & Podcasts
- TIDAL ArtS “Our Lives with Water” series
Hear from a host of different people about their unique and remarkable stories about their lives with water - TIDAL ArtS “Where Art and Science Meet: Experience Sharing from Ocean to Land”
University College Cork’s Sustainability Institute hosted this international workshop designed to inspire attendees through real-world examples of how artistic and scientific practices can intersect and collaborate. - TIDAL ArtS YouTube Channel
- The Tidal Sense (Podcast)
Signe Linden - When It’s All Too Much (Podcast)
Hidden Brain - Our Place on Earth, Jukajoki
- Waves of Change: Art, Science, and Community for the Ocean – Bluemission Podcast
Podcast from the BlueMissionAA project spotlighting the work of the Into the Reef mural by street artist Neto Vettorello
The interactive folk story session featured compelling narratives from a former Navy captain, a fisherman, and a fisherwoman, who shared their daily experiences of the ocean and the waters.
Books on Water
- Relationality: An Emergent Politics of Life Beyond the Human
Arturo Escobar, Michal Osterweil, and Kriti Sharma - Imagining, Designing and Teaching Regenerative Futures: Art-Science Approaches and Inspirations From Around the World.
Editors: Julia Bentz, Jelena Ristić Trajković
- On Time and Water
Andri Snær Magnason - Wild Blue Media: Thinking through Seawater
Melody Jue
- Blue Kinships: An Exploration of Society & the Ocean
Ed. Chiara Certomà
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Funding & Residencies
Check out these websites, articles, and projects to see what others have done or are doing now.
- Ocean Decade Art-Science Networking Forum
- Ocean Conservation Artists
- Artists for Conservation
- World Ocean Days Art
- Ocean Decade Exhibition
- Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans
- “From sea to street”: initiating change for stronger connection with our ocean
- Storytelling and other arts – European Citizen Science Association (ECSA)
- Richter | Storytelling for narrative approaches in citizen science: towards a generalized model | Journal of Science Communication
- Blue Kinships: An Exploration of Society & the Ocean | SpringerLink
- A transdisciplinary co‐conceptualisation of marine identity – Buchan – 2024 – People and Nature – Wiley Online Library
Explore art and science networks to connect with scientists and communities
- Ocean Decade Art-Science Networking Forum – Ocean art-science networking group is an open group for artists and scientists from around the world to network, share opportunities, events, and best practices.
- BlueBioMatch – BlueBioMatch is a unique stakeholder community dedicated to driving innovation in the blue bioeconomy, creating synergies with the blue economy at large, and protecting and restoring our oceans and waters. BlueBioMatch’s community includes startups and SMEs, funders, researchers, policymakers, MPA managers, planners, and local actors. Its purpose is to promote matchmaking, information exchange, blue products and opportunities, and to foster collaborative initiatives for sustainable development and blue innovation.
- WaveLinks – WaveLinks is an application that maps the research and innovation landscape of the Mission Ocean, fosters collaborations between projects and reinforces links between academia, industry and society.
- European Marine Board – The European Marine Board [EMB] is the leading European think tank in marine science policy. It provides a platform to advance marine research and to bridge the gap between science and policy.
- ECOP Decade Program – The Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOP) Network Programme is established to empower ECOPs, who self-identify as being early in their career in any field related to the ocean. The Programme is at the heart of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and it was endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade as a network program in 2021.
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