{"id":4109,"date":"2025-01-24T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/?page_id=4109"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:21:49","slug":"making-planets-destroying-worlds-the-impact-of-star-wars-film-shoots-on-communities-and-nature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/making-planets-destroying-worlds-the-impact-of-star-wars-film-shoots-on-communities-and-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Planets&#8230; Destroying Worlds?: The Impact of Star Wars Film Shoots on Communities and Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/2024\/12\/17\/phd-seminar-series-spring-2025\/\">WSA PhD Seminar Series<\/a> and Film Seminar Series, 11th February 2025 (Location: Avenue Campus (Building 65) Lecture Theatre B, and <a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_NTM3ZDEzZTktZmU1Yi00ZWUyLThiNDEtM2NhOWM0YTc5NzQ5%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224a5378f9-29f4-4d3e-be89-669d03ada9d8%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22c268db73-b491-4169-8cc9-6da0c0730869%22%2c%22prid%22%3a%224744668e-8477-40b8-87fc-babc427a3fa3%22%2c%22isPublic%22%3atrue%7d\">MS Teams<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Join us for a special joint seminar session with Dr Rebecca Harrison.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/files\/2025\/01\/image001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4110\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/files\/2025\/01\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/files\/2025\/01\/image001.jpg 976w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/files\/2025\/01\/image001-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/files\/2025\/01\/image001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/files\/2025\/01\/image001-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/eifproject.com\">&#8216;Environmental Impact of Filmmaking\u2019<\/a> project examines the environmental impacts of Star Wars in the UK, as well as the franchise\u2019s global contexts. Dr Harrison interrogates the impact of location shoots on environments and nearby communities, including at Greenham Common, Winspit Quarry, and Ivinghoe Beacon. This research involves field trips, videography, and a survey for anyone who\u2019s lived or worked near a shoot. The research conducted for the project feeds into a broader study about environmental, militaristic, and socioeconomic histories of Star Wars, which will appear in a forthcoming book.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rebecca Harrison<\/strong> (she\/her) leads the Environmental Impact of Filmmaking project, which explores ecological and other harms that result from screen industry activities. She has authored various publications investigating histories of media, power, and technology, and her work features in print and broadcast media. She is employed as Senior Lecturer in Film &amp; Media at The Open University. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSA PhD Seminar Series and Film Seminar Series, 11th February 2025 (Location: Avenue Campus (Building 65) Lecture Theatre B, and MS Teams) Join us for a special joint seminar session with Dr Rebecca Harrison. The &#8216;Environmental Impact of Filmmaking\u2019 project examines the environmental impacts of Star Wars in the UK, as well as the franchise\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/making-planets-destroying-worlds-the-impact-of-star-wars-film-shoots-on-communities-and-nature\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making Planets&#8230; Destroying Worlds?: The Impact of Star Wars Film Shoots on Communities and Nature&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99787,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99787"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4109"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4119,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4109\/revisions\/4119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}