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Tracing paraffin accumulations. Fieldwork on the coastline of the Curonian Spit in the Neringa Nature Reserve, Léa Perraudin and Iva Rešetar. 2024. Copyright: Léa Perraudin, edited by »Matters of Activity«
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Dear Friends of »Matters of Activity«,
In this last issue before the summer break, we would like to share with you some impressions of our members' field trips abroad: Emma Sicher was recently in Thailand as part of her doctoral thesis and Léa Perraudin and Iva Rešetar have just returned from a field study in Lithuania.
We are pleased to announce that the new Cluster publication series »Raue Reihe/Raw Studies«, edited by Horst Bredekamp, has been published with a first issue by Regine Hengge on »The Essential Role of Microbes in Planetary Metabolism«. It is explicitly aimed at non-biologists who work in interdisciplinary contexts.
Furthermore, we would be delighted to meet as many of you as possible on July 12th at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, where the exhibition »Matter of South. Biomaterial Cultures from Latin America« opens, which Heidi Jalkh is curating as part of the platform »More than Human. Design after the Anthropocene« initiated by Claudia Banz. Also the results of a workshop series on 3D sketching organized by Maxime Le Calvé in collaboration with Elaine Bonavia, Paulina Greta Stefanovic, Nayeli Vega, and the »Speculative Realities Lab« will be exhibited on this occasion.
We wish you a relaxing summer break and look forward to seeing you again in September!
Antje Nestler, Carolin Ott, and Franziska Wegener
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Liebe Freund:innen von »Matters of Activity«,
in dieser letzten Ausgabe vor der Sommerpause möchten wir einige Eindrücke von den Auslandsreisen unserer Mitglieder teilen: Emma Sicher war kürzlich im Rahmen ihrer Doktorarbeit in Thailand und Léa Perraudin und Iva Rešetar sind gerade von einer Feldstudie in Litauen zurückgekehrt.
Wir freuen uns, dass die neue Cluster-Publikationsreihe »Raue Reihe/Raw Studies«, herausgegeben von Horst Bredekamp, mit einer ersten Ausgabe von Regine Hengge zum Thema »The Essential Role of Microbes in Planetary Metabolism« erschienen ist. Sie richtet sich ausdrücklich an Nicht-Biolog:innen, die in interdisziplinären Zusammenhängen arbeiten.
Außerdem freuen wir uns, möglichst viele von Ihnen am 12. Juli im Kunstgewerbemuseum zu treffen, wo die Ausstellung »Matter of South. Biomaterial Cultures from Latin America« eröffnet wird, die Heidi Jalkh im Rahmen der von Claudia Banz initiierten Plattform »More than Human. Design nach dem Anthropozän« kuratiert. Auch die Ergebnisse einer Workshopreihe zum Thema 3D-Zeichnen, die Maxime Le Calvé in Zusammenarbeit mit Elaine Bonavia, Paulina Greta Stefanovic, Nayeli Vega und dem »Speculative Realities Lab« durchgeführt hat, werden bei dieser Gelegenheit ausgestellt.
Wir wünschen eine erholsame Sommerpause und freuen uns auf ein Wiedersehen im September!
Antje Nestler, Carolin Ott und Franziska Wegener
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Generating Biomaterials By Acetic Fermentation |
Emma Sicher Exchanged Knowledge with Researchers and Practitioners in Thailand |
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Fermentation preparation with Tanyaporn Tantasathien. Thailand 2024. Copyright: Emma Sicher
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2.7.2024
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Weaving | Bacteria | Biodesign | Biofilm | Cellulose | Doctoral Program Between May and June, doctoral researcher Emma Sicher spent three weeks in Thailand as part of her PhD in Design Studies. Invited by Professor Aracha Krasae-in, she presented the work of the Cluster and her current research at the Faculty of Architecture of Kasetsart University in Bangkok. There, she also exchanged ideas with Professor Prakit Sukyai, an expert in Biotechnology and Biopolymers. Additionally, she presented at the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts of Thammasat University, invited by Professor Wuthigrai Siriphon.
The heart of the experience consisted of visits to two sites associated with acetic fermentation techniques that can generate biomaterials. These techniques range from ancient practices to more recent methods, employed in various ways from fertilizers to health-promoting substances. The visits took place in small artisanal production realities in Nakhon Ratchasima province, including Stefano and Somporn Abbruzzese, and Micro Friends, an initiative run by Tanyaporn Tantasathien and Waratchanat Thongthiangtham at the Baan Ama farm stay.
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Wunderkammer Set #2 at Kunstgewerbemuseum |
Results of »More-Than-Human Sketching« Workshop Exhibited |
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Maxime Le Calvé, Sketching at Kunstgewerbemuseum, More-Than-Human Sketching 2.0 Workshop, 2024. Copyright: Maxime Le Calvé
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12.7.2024–26.8.2024
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Cutting | Graphic Anthropology | XR The results of the »More-than-Human Sketching« project, a participative design anthropology research process by Elaine Bonavia, Paulina Greta Stefanovic, Maxime Le Calvé, and Nayeli Vega, will be on display from July 12th as part of the second set of the »Intervention Wunderkammer« at Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Based on the findings of this work, guided tours of the Kunstgewerbemuseum are now being offered for the first time using augmented reality headsets. Visitors are invited to sketch in 3D (in augmented reality and on paper), following a score inspired by design research, graphic anthropology, and experimental anatomical pedagogy.
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Before the Object. Material Histories, Infrastructures and Ecologies |
Workshop Organized by Cluster Member Kaja Ninnis Together with Ursula Ströbele |
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Edward Burtinsky, Iberia Quarries #2, Marmorose EFA Co., Bencatel, Portugal, 2006
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21.11.2024–23.11.2024
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Material Form Function | Material Legacies | More-Than-Human | Temporality What happens before matter becomes art – what happens before the object? This workshop at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, November 21st-23rd, 2024, is dedicated to exploring not artworks but the »stuff« artworks are made of and the ecological implications of their procurement, processing, and transport, aiming at uncovering what Laura Turner Igoe has called »the ecological unconscious of art matter.« The workshop is organized by Kaja Ninnis (HU Berlin / Matters of Activity) and Ursula Ströbele (HBK Braunschweig).
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Science and Technologies Studies (STS) Hub 2025 at the Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin |
Call for Open Panels and Individual Papers |
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Screenshot: https://sts-hub.de/25/
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16.8.2024–31.10.2024
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Call Cluster member Ignacio Farías invites you to the second STS-Hub 2025 at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, which will occur from March 11th to 14th, 2025. Please save the date! STS Hub is a conference series that brings together German organizations, labs and research groups that are more or less closely related to STS. The STS Hub 2025 is organized by STS scholars from different institutions of the HU, supported by six German professional associations dedicated to STS, and assisted by a scientific advisory board.
The theme of the Hub 2025, »Diffracting the Critical«, calls for a collective exploration of how the critical is entangled in the complex interplay of ecologies, infrastructures, scales, temporalities, collaborations and solidarities that shape not only the present but also our practice as STS scholars.
Please note that the deadline for Open Panels is August 16th, 2024 and that the Call for Individual Papers in Open Panels will run from September 1st to October 31st, 2024.
An overview of all other calls (for posters and multimodal contributions), as well as key dates, contact information, etc. can be found on the website: ↗ https://sts-hub.de/25/
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