——— 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗮, 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘂 ———–

“𝘚𝘦𝘲𝘶í𝘢𝘴 𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳ú: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘢 𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰”

We’re thrilled to share highlights from our hybrid dialogue series held in Lima on May 28–29, where researchers, policymakers, and community members came together to reflect on droughts and floods in Peru. These conversations are part of our research outreach to build connections across sectors and explore the socio-hydrological dynamics shaping the country.

This dialogue series is part of our PerfectSTORM research outreach where we gather stakeholders from different academic institutions, government ministries, and non-government organizations. By sharing research results and engaging in multi-stakeholder dialogues, we hope to inspire new collaborations among the stakeholders who can expand the work on exploring socio-hydrological dynamics and hydro-social entanglements in different parts of the country.

At the end of the event the participants visited our art-science exhibition, “𝘓𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘳𝘢”, where we transformed our fieldwork—photos, videos, poems, and stories—into interactive spaces to (re)imagine the Amazon River amidst increasing hydrological extremes.

——- 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 ——–

The “𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘝𝘪𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘳𝘢” (𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦) has landed in Lima, Perú!

The travelling suitcase exhibition was inaugurated in Lima on Tuesday 27 May. We were very happy to welcome so many participants from diverse backgrounds to experience the 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘝𝘪𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘳𝘢 in Lima.

With this interactive art exhibition curated by Heidi D. Mendoza and Milagros Iparraguirre with the help of CITA-UTEC, we are presenting our work from the Peruvian Amazon and Kitui, Kenya, as part of the PerfectSTORM project.

Through photos, videos, audios, hydrographs, poetry, and community stories, we explore the powerful connections between water science and local histories. Visitors are invited to engage with the exhibit, (re)imagining the Amazon River in a time of intensifying droughts and floods.

How do you imagine the future of the Amazon river and its communities?

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.