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Sensing climate and weather
Weather is immediate and sensory – felt through rain, wind, or heat – while climate is long-term and abstract, understood through data and patterns. Designers translate weather into emotional visuals: melting letters, shattered grids, stormy gradients. Climate requires symbolic tools: maps, charts, infographics. Bridging these modes can help viewers connect what they feel now to what they must understand over time. Design then becomes a semiotic tool to make climate visible, human, and urgent – transforming sensation into awareness, and awareness into meaning.
Tempers and Temperatures
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‘Tempers and Temperatures’ was a one-day symposium held on 3 March 2026 at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.
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Brief welcome by Edwin Jacobs, Director, KABK.
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Introduction by Füsun Türetken, teacher Media Theory & Visual Culture.
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The first speaker of the day was Jennie King, co-founder of Climate Action Against Disinformation, London.
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Mijke van der Drift, philosopher and educator.
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Panel talk with students from the Master Non Linear Narrative.
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Moderation by Victoria McKenzie and Füsun Türetken.
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The second session was kicked off by researchers Sabine Niederer, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and Gabriele Colombo, Polytechnic University of Milan.
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Gabriele Colombo on visual research with generative AI.
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Joey Grostern, investigative journalist for DeSmog.
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Second panel talk with students from the Master Non Linear Narrative.
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Sophie Dyer, designer / researcher.
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Sophie Dyer presents Open-Weather, a collaborative project with geographer Sasha Engelmann.
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Sorab Roustayar, union member and community leader.
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Last panel talk with students from the Master Non Linear Narrative.
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Niels Schrader, initiator of the ‘Climate Truth Crisis’ project.
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NLN students Xinglin Li and Janina Schröter shared the story behind their flag designs with the audience.
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Final thoughts by Aparajita Dutta, head International Office.
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Collection
Teacher Training Event at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
From 3–5 March 2026, the Master Non Linear Narrative in The Hague hosted the second Teacher Training Event of the Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership Climate Truth Crisis. As part of the programme, the Dutch team organised not only a comprehensive symposium on climate change and digital democracy, but also a field trip to the Royal Netherlands […]
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Mijke van der Drift Lecture
Video
Jennie King Lecture
Video
Sorab Roustayar Lecture
Video
Sabine Niederer & Gabriele Colombo Lecture
Video
Joey Grostern Lecture
Video
Sophie Dyer Lecture
Video
Climate adaptation
Climate change
Fact-checking
Sensing climate and weather
Weather forecasting
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Article
Field trip to the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Climate change
Sensing climate and weather
Weather forecasting
Output
Video
2026
Sophie Dyer Lecture
Climate justice
Collective care
Sensing climate and weather