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
This paper describes architecture as a form of cosmotechnics (Hui) which currently manifests a Western-Christian worldview globally. This worldview is entangled with the assumption of a God-given right to control and subordinate nonhuman nature (anthropocentrism). The text looks at the … read more
Exploring Vibration as a Sensory Multispecies perspective by Camping in the Treetops The I.N.S.E.C.T. Summercamp, now in its third year, brings together people from diverse backgrounds, e.g. design researchers, artists, architects, ecologists, biologists, biotremologists and more. We call ourselves the … read more
Can a Glacier Really Be President? According to the legislation, the Icelandic president must be at least 35 years old ✓, be a citizen of Iceland ✓, have no criminal record ✓, and have 1,500-3,000 signatures from people in all … read more
Five months have passed since successfully defending my PhD dissertation titled “Leaving Dry Land: Water, Heritage and Imaginary Agency” at the University of Gothenburg’s Centre for Critical Heritage Studies. When I embarked on my PhD journey, I did not realise … read more
Linnea + Filips: How are you Anna Maria, and who are you, Anna Maria? Anna Maria: Great question. I will get back to you soon, during the week. hope it’s ok? Some farming work is holding us out in the … read more
The Nature Design Camp (NDC) pitched its tents for the second time in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Großes Walsertal and presented an international program on the topic of water. Experts from near and far from the interdisciplinary fields of crafts, … read more
The 2024 open call for residencies is now open for applications! Artist in Coexistence (AiC) is a platform for artistic exploration from a posthumanist perspective for creatives from all artistic disciplines. A residency at AiC means that you work in … 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