Save the date! An online book launch event will take place on 28th January from 16:00-17:00 CET. There will be a panel with chapter authors and celebratory rituals with a more-than-human twist. “This book provides an overview of the diverse … read more
“Pollution, contamination, forever chemicals… What have we done?! OMG! I need a glass… Welcome to the Haunted Waters Bar—a growing collection of contaminated waters. Here, you’ll find a menu featuring a variety of water samples from around the world, submitted … read more
PETRA LILJA: PUBLIC DEFENSE OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION This dissertation, Mineral Matterings: Diffractive Practices of Design makes design perceptible as a source of concern, part of the extractivist logic. Through two projects, “Walking with Minerals” and “Critical Clay,” Lilja have invited … read more
Interspecies interactions are intensely explored in Multispecies Studies, with special attention to the challenges posed by contemporary poly-crises. Scholars like Ávila (2022) emphasize the need for conscious approaches in design research to acknowledge multispecies interdependence and promote practices of care … read more
Thursday, October 10, 20245-8pm (CEST) The theme of the first public event of the Design + Posthumanism Network is water, since water captures both the concreteness and philosophical underpinnings of posthuman design. Concretely, all life on earth needs water for its … read more
The Confluence of European Water Bodies is coming together this October at Ocean Space in Venice, bringing together more than 25 grassroots communities of artists, activists, lawyers and ecologists, representing seas, lakes, rivers, lagoons and glaciers from all over Europe. … read more
Coincident with the development of human civilization was the emergence of a new type of critter: one not domesticated, not beloved, but similar to us in so many aspects that they abound in our environments—the urban rat. This urban critter … read more
We are excited to announce that the Design and Posthumanism Network is organizing our first public online event on October 10th, and we are now seeking speakers/presenters to share insights on how design and posthumanism intersect in practice. This event … read more
Anna Maria: Dear Yuxi, I would love to do the next micro-interview with you. I am curious about your work and I would love to find out more about how you started, what you do, what you are reading and anything you … read more
We would like to invite you to take part in a workshop we are leading at NordiCHI, this year taking place in Uppsala, Sweden. Our workshop is called “Pop-up living labs: augmenting physical space to facilitate co-design” and focuses on one of the key problems … read more