The Community Weathering Station is a settler-led project on Anaiwan land. In rethinking life in Armidale, we acknowledge Indigenous water and land sovereignty; this sovereignty was never ceded.
CoWS is an applied feminist environmental humanities project guided the weathering concept to do community work in Armidale.
The project is facilitated by Jennifer mae Hamilton
BIO:
Jen lives and works on Anaiwan Country as a Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies at the University of New England. Their interdisciplinary research explores weather, embodiment and affect from a queer feminist perspective. Current projects include Community Weathering Station and the Armidale Climate and Health Project (which is an offshoot). New publications are “Thermoregulation” with TEXT Journal (January 2026) and, as co-author, How to weather together: Feminist practice for climate change (March 2026) with Astrida Neimanis. How to weather together book project was also an exhibition at the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) November 2025-feburary 2026, showcasing their work with The Weathering Collective alongside several other artists working on adjacent themes. They are a branch committee member of the NTEU and, as complement to their research and community practice, they are currently studying a diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies part time.
Community Weathering Station (Cows) 