Happy 5 years anniversary, dear network! You have become a curious outreaching kiddo, on your way, though still in the making. May you prosper in the future! Hugs and kisses! Thomas, Åsa, Kristina, Erik, Martin, Aditya, Anna Maria, Louise, Pontus, … read more
Call for Papers: Leakage reveals cracks and holes; it signifies porosity, the transgression of a boundary, and a rebuke to fantasies of closure and containment. Unlike a sudden spill or a violent burst, leaks are sites of a slow and steady subversion. … read more
Apiculture! Apiculture is another word for beekeeping. It derives from the latin word apis meaning bee. Culture originally means to cultivate. It’s basically the same word, but the word apiculture clarifies something about man’s guiding hand in this duality between … read more
Festen opens the doors to the newly started artistic activity on Åsen, Orust, where we explore local and planetary coexistence and what new stories the posthumanist perspective carries. Step into the practice, studio and workshop, take part in activities, try … read more
The project Material Cultures for Interspecies Cohabitations is being developed (2023-2026) as a research collaboration led by designer Martín Ávila with ecologist Erik Andersson and ecosemiotician Nelly Mäekivi. The project is design-driven and grounded on ecosemiotic theory that is considerate … read more
This essay elaborates on the fluidity of realities and different forms of shaping them. Realities can be created and thus must be imagined first and implemented second. Reality production happens on different scales: from the small design studio – where … read more
The design+posthumanism member Delal Şeker is sending a speculative letter and a visual image from the Mesopotamian countryside to the future in the theme Rhythms issue of The Posthumanist magazine. Written by the multiple levels of consciousness (he-she-we-I) of Houbara, … read more
The advent of the Anthropocene brought about an understanding of time that is associated with acceleration and fast-paced rhythms. Arguably, we need different and plural understandings of time that help us engage with living beings and the rates and ways … read more
More-than-human-centred design is a growing field in HCI (human-computer interaction) that account for non-human actors in design processes (such as animals, plants, and microbes but also autonomous technologies). While the rationale for more-than-human-centred design is clear, there is a lack … read more
In their latest CHI 2023 paper design+posthumanism members Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard and Nadia Campo Woytuk explore how communities can come together to make biodegradable menstrual products. Their research project, Biomenstrual, explore the relations between menstrual care and the environment, … read more