Join us for this workshop led by researcher Ari Beckingham, part of Mapping the Antropocene exhibition programme.
This workshop invites young people with a guardian to be guided to use Augmented Reality (AR) technology to explore perceptions of climate change within their daily lives.
On the opening weekend of ‘Mapping the Anthropocene: hopeful futures’, and the final weekend of the 2026 Festival of Social Science, we invite you to join researcher Ari Beckingham for an exciting workshop aimed at young people and their care givers, using Augmented Reality (AR) technology to explore perceptions of climate change within their daily lives. This workshop, designed by Ari as part of her PhD research, explores how emerging technology can be used to better understanding climate change through play and in positive and action-focused ways. For this workshop care givers and young people are invited to explore together subtle, yet pervasive climate-change phenomena in an accessible ways, using “EcoARology” an augmented reality (AR) App, as a probe to foster discussions, where the app overlays interdependent species onto real environments and allows users to visualise and map the effect that the warming of climate might have on these interdependent relationships.
Workshop details
Facilitator: Ari Beckingham
Date: Sat 7 Nov 2025
Time: 13:00-15:00 | Free/Ticketed
Location: 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
Activity Duration: Approx. 120mins
This workshop has limited capacity and so registration is preferred. Participants with tickets are guaranteed entry, drop-in attendance is welcome, but will be on a first come first served basis.
Venue Access features: Accessible toilets, Assistance dogs welcome, Baby changing facilities, Seating, Step-free access, Wheelchair accessible
If you have any enquiries about the events and the venue, please contact us at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk .
Please note this workshop will be photographed, and may be used for future marketing, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed, please let us know at the event.
Supported by
This programme is partially funded by the ESRC Festival of Social Science, with support from the Institute for Design Informatics, and Inspace. This programme is also part of the Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 5 – 14 November 2026. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.
