Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Institut für Kulturwissenschaft

Rubbish!

When and where does something become rubbish, and how can its value be transformed? What does it mean to waste something, and when does waste become ’toxic'? The politics of waste and its (mis)management lie at the heart of contemporary debates concerning environmental degradation, social and economic injustice, and the planetary crisis we face. In this seminar we will take a deep dive into histories and theories of rubbish, discards and waste, from the proposition that to be human is to make waste, through to the claim that we can 'design out waste' in order to survive. (Sprache: englisch)
Start: 16.10.24
 

SE | Mi 10-12 | wöch. | GEO 47, 0.10

BA Kuwi Modul 3: Techniken - Praktiken - Materialisierungen

Agnes: 532834

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Soil Politics

From philosophies of care for the liveliness of soils, to soil as a subject and symbolic medium of artistic exploration, soils are significant vehicles of social-ecological transformation, cultural expression and political contestation. While the health of soils, and by extension that of a land and its people, is a fundamental concern for a progressive politics concerned for social solidarity and environmental justice, beliefs and practices that aim to foster soil fertility and community cohesion are also found within nationalist ideologies. Furthermore, a decolonial ecological approach to human-soil relations asks 'how the distinctive materiality of the ground beneath our feet interacts with social institutions and cultural imaginaries’ (Davidson et al, 2024). In this seminar we will consider together how soils come to matter. (Sprache: englisch) Start: 15.10.24

SE | Di 10-12 | wöch. | SO 22, 0.03 (Sophienstr. 22a, 2. Hof, EG 0.03)

MA Kuwi Modul 3: Kulturen des Wissens: Wissens- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Agnes: 532874