Save the date! An online book launch event will take place on 28th January from 16:00-17:00 CET. Place: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/64406010435 There will be a panel with chapter authors and celebratory rituals with a more-than-human twist. The panel will present concrete and practical … read more
The Tactile Stories Project invites you to tinker and play with vibro-haptic and tactile technologies and concepts. In a series of online workshops, we will develop and co-create interactive tactile sonic installations that we explore during the I.N.S.E.C.T. Summercamp 2025 … read more
11-13 June 2025 | 10th STS Italia Conference Technoscience for Good: Designing, Caring and Reconfiguring Abstract deadline February 3rd 2025DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS for Panel: More-than-(Just)-Human Politics of Relating Each author can submit only one abstract as a corresponding author, while multiple abstract … read more
SEBASTIAN GATZ: PUBLIC DEFENSE OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION Architecture has traditionally focused on human-centered practices, emphasizing control over construction processes and creating internal environments that separate humans from their external surroundings. The growing interest in posthuman theories introduces the concept of … read more
APPLY NOW: RESEARCH STUDIO June 02-06 2025TU Dresden, GermanyChair of Digital Cultures Sensing Pasts, Casting Futures Located in eastern Germany, the regions of Ore Mountains and Lusatia were heavily exploited for uranium mining and lignite (brown coal) extraction, respectively. Decades of … 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
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