How can research take shape as stories that matter, that can be felt, sensed and performed? Who and what can be(come) storytellers in our research? How do we grasp our own implicatedness in the topics we are researching, while addressing … read more
We live on a mountain, at the end of the road, out of the way but in the middle of it all. The top of the mountain consists of olive groves, vineyards, a botanical garden with fruit trees, vegetable gardens, … read more
The Food and Art Alternative MA (altMA) is a two-year programme that explores food practices as political and cultural subjects within contemporary art. Combining weekly online seminars with five ten-day international residencies, the course supports interdisciplinary research, collective inquiry, and … read more
In 2023, five of us—design practitioners, architects, farmers and educators—came together to conceive and design a new master’s programme titled Social Ecological Design: Regenerative Practices for Everyday Life for IED Torino. From the outset, the programme was guided by a simple … read more
How can we re-imagine, re-present and un/learn design practices for the futures to come? Designers around the world have started experimenting with new modes of practices that anticipate post-anthropocentric and post-progress futures: what are these practices? And how do we … read more
In times when human activities violently constrict the lives of others, how can designers cultivate creative acts of withdrawal, foreclosure and leaving be? Erik Sandelin employs ‘grace’ – actively not doing what you are able to do – to decouple … read more
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
We cannot separate human needs from those of other organisms in our environment. Many organisms, including humans, benefit from considering design spaces as holistic and relational. More-than-human design focuses on this mutual interdependence. More-than-human design resists binaries and blurs notions … read more
A significant part of my work has focused on the relationship of humans to nature, which I see as fundamental to approaching current global social and environmental challenges. Key to this is considering how we relate to more than humans, … read more
Call for Participants As one of the largest post-extractivist lignite mining sites in Europe, Lusatia – a region in the borderlands of Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic – is paradigmatic for the cultural, ecological, and political complexities of energy transition. … read more