Louise Rondel and I had a new piece published in The Sociological Review Magazine this month in which we ponder what water does to the research encounter.

‘Our immersed encounters with/in the river enabled us to explore not only what it is, but what it does, how it participates in urban life, prompting particular practices and formations. Being next to and in the Quaggy gave us a glimpse of how participants see it, feel it, become attached to it and care for it. It also attuned us to issues of pollution, urban planning, ecological conservation and neighbourhood change.’