If a child is asked to draw a scientist in primary school, they are likely to depict a male scientist, who is white, with unruly hair and a lab coat on. This year, March 8 marks both International Women’s Day and the start of British Science Week.
It is an age-old concept and one which creatives in Sheffield are using to humanise the climate crisis: when the floods are coming, we need an ark. Now the idea for a project which took place last year in the South Yorkshire city returns next week as part of the Migration Matters Festival.
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