‘Below Ground with the Podcast Arwidsson Talks

Arwidsson Talks, a podcast focusing on sustainable urban development, got interested in Humus economicus’ concept ”soil blindness” and invited Malin Lobell and Jenny Lindblad from the research team for a conversation on soils in the city. The podcast is in Swedish and can be listened […]

Toxic heritage, or how to wash an island

Image above: Gipsön in the 1980s. Photo: Anders Hilding/Landskrona museum. The film “How to Wash an Island” by the art platform (p)Art of the Biomass tells the story about a man-made, toxic island in Sweden that most Swedes never have heard of. The island exists […]

Welcome! Launching a four-year art and research project

Humus economicus is an art and research initiative that investigate the future and value of soil in urbanised landscapes. It is initiated by artist and environmental humanities researcher Janna Holmstedt, National Historical Museums, Sweden. The project mobilizes a team of artists, environmental-, urban-, gender-, and […]