5°: The Adaptation Trap
The Team: Dr Martin Potter, Dr Misha Myers, Brett Bryan, Dr Rebecca Patrick, Euan Ritchie, Stefan Greuter, Richard Frankland, Ben Pederick, David Spratt, Joseph Purdam, Emma Morris, Eleanor Loudon
5°: The Adaptation Trap will create a prototype participatory community game, where scenarios based on incremental temperature increases from 2° to 5°C will be ‘played’ in real and virtual environments. The game will be the centrepiece for a transmedia project, extended across diverse media platforms and forums. It will assess risks and test responses, generate knowledge, develop community preparedness and strategic partnerships, and public awareness.
The project will create a prototype ready for implementation, designed to be iterative and scalable. This project asks if participatory transmedia, games and performance can serve to rehearse and prepare for climate adaptation and help close the theory and practice gap (TPG) between scientific knowledge and policy making. This project is aligned with The Australian Security Leaders Climate Group report ‘Missing in Action‘ calling for urgent action, specifically a National Climate and Security Risk Assessment, and National Prevention and Resilience Framework.
Chief Investigator: Dr Martin Potter, Senior Lecturer, Deakin Motion Lab Fellow, Screen and Design.
Collaborators: Dr Misha Myers, Senior Lecturer, Screen and Design; Brett Bryan, Alfred Deakin Professor of Global Change, Environment and Society, Dr Rebecca Patrick, Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development; Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Stefan Greuter, Professor of Screen and Design; Richard Frankland, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Ben Pederick, Researcher, School of Communication and Creative Arts all at Deakin University. David Spratt, Research Director, Breakthrough: National Centre for Climate Restoration Joseph Purdam, Co-Founder & Experiential Director, PHORIA – immersive technologies Emma Morris, Senior Producer and Strategist, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Eleanor Loudon, Chief Executive Officer, Engineers without Borders.