Panel: More-than-(Just)-Human Politics of Relating | 10th STS Italia Conference

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

Transmundane Architecture: Architectural Control Relationships Through the Lens of More-than-Human Onto-Epistemologies, Degrowth Practices and Occulture

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

Research Studio: GHOSTMINES

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

Mineral Matterings: Diffractive Practices of Design

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

STS Hub 2025 / Diffracting the Critical / Panel: Fieldscapes – A situated approach to multispecies design

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