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Discussion about the Torņakalns Wetland in Festival Homo Novus

The picture shows three students standing on the concrete edge of the water body. The concrete walls are marked with graffiti drawings in various colors.

Exploring Urban Waterscapes in the Field Course “Field Methods in Geosciences II”

On the left side of the image is a presentation screen with the title "Many Waters: Technological Diversity and the Reorientation of Human-Water Relations." To the right of it, on a raised platform by the microphone, is project researcher Anita Zariņa.

Participation in the international ecological thought forum "Nature's (Un)peace"

On the right side of the image is presenter Lība Karlīna Varapoga. On the left is the presentation screen with the title "Research Object". On the right side of the presentation screen is an image of a man in a boat with a house in the background that has been flooded, with the water level reaching the roof.

Two Master’s Theses on the History of Water Defended

In the central part of the picture you can see the participants of the discussion, from left - Dace Bula, Ieva Astahovska, Anne Sauka, Anita Zariņa. The upper right part of the image shows the presentation screen with the captions "Criticism Mini-Festival. Nomadic Subjects. Cantastrophe". In the foreground of the picture you can see some of the audience.

Participation in the mini-festival of criticism "Nomadic Subjects"

On the right side of the image is the author of the presentation, Karīna Ješkina. In the center and on the left is the presentation screen with the title slide and the inscription "Ethics of Care and Water in Environmental Humanities."

Participation in Young Researchers' Day 2025

In the foreground is a table with Anne Sauka on the right and another conference participant on the left. In the background is the title slide of the presentation, entitled "Exploring Sensory Histories: Healing and Death in Human-Water Relations in Latvian Folklore".

Participation in the International Conference "Sensory Histories of Water" in Barcelona, Spain

The image is a collage of 4 black and white images. The upper left corner of the image shows a river and boaters. Forest in the background. The upper right corner shows a birch tree that has been gnawed by a beaver and has broken off by the river. In the right left corner is a stretch of straightened river and ploughed fields on either side. In the bottom right corner of the image, a fenced-off water pump can be seen in the centre. In the background is a reservoir.

83rd International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, Section "Nature: an Interdisciplinary Perspective No. 5"

The shores of old England / painted by G.E. Hicks. It depicts a rolling sea with four women in the waves. A chariot wheel is in the right foreground and boats in the distance.

83rd International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia section 'Nature: An Interdisciplinary Perspective'