News, events, and highlights from the Planetary Praxis constellation of projects.
28/01/2022
We’re excited to announce a new series by Goldsmiths Press and MIT Press for 2022 — “Planetarities”. Co-edited by Jennifer Gabrys, Ros Gray, and Shela Sheikh, the Planetarities Series investigates the rise of research and practice that attends to earthly and planetary concerns.
21/01/2022
Michelle Westerlaken recently joined the Lightning Lunch series, “Beyond the Human” — hosted by the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative at the University of Toronto. She presented “Imagining Multispecies Worlds”, exploring her research at the intersection of design, digital technologies, and the more-than-human. Watch this engaging discussion with scholars focused on digital humanities work with plants, birds, insects, fish, and fungi.
14/01/2022
For “Narratives about Earth”, an evening of films and talks, Jennifer Gabrys presented “Being Planetary as Praxis” — the concept that informs the ethos of the Planetary Praxis research group. The lecture formed part of “Constellations for Futures: Stories on Ecology, Kinship and Sciences”, co-hosted by La Loge and Goethe-Institut Brussels. If you missed it, you can playback the talk — and the entire three-day program — via the link below.
08/01/2022
In the recent presentation, “Data Citizens and the Right to Data”, Jennifer Gabrys discussed how environmental monitoring practices and infrastructures mobilize rights to data, air, and breathable worlds. The talk shares research from chapter three of “Citizens of Worlds”, which examines how practices of monitoring urban air pollution activate urban dwellers as data citizens. Watch the presentation and conversation with the Centre for Data, Culture & Society at the University of Edinburgh by following the link below.
06/01/2022
For the AI & Sustainability series of Cambridge Zero Research Symposia, Jennifer Gabrys presented “AI for Earth” — considering the social consequences of environmental technologies with a focus on Smart Forests. The keynote explores how smart forests are shaping environmental governance and transforming forest cosmologies. Watch via the link below.
05/01/2022
As part of the event, “Human Entities 2021: Culture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, Jennifer Gabrys presented “Sensing Smart Forests” — investigating the sensory arrangements that smart forests generate. Organised by CADA in partnership with the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, the event was presented both online and in the open-air environment of Palácio Sinel de Cordes in Lisbon, Portugal. Listen to the podcast via the link.
01/01/2022
How is the planetary configured, rather than assumed to be self-evident? This essay addresses the topic of the planetary, and outlines the concept of being planetary as praxis that informs the ethos of the Planetary Praxis research group.
01/01/2022
This article asks how citizen-sensing practices tune into the problem of air pollution in Southeast London, and in so doing differently configure pollution and planetary health.