September 5, 2021

Ecological Economics, Soil Care, and Homemaking in Times of Transition – Humus Economicus Collaboratory with Thomas Hahn, Åsa Ståhl & Mathilda Tham

Humus Economicus Collaboratory, in association with The Posthumanities Hub, are happy to invite you to a seminar with Thomas Hahn, Stockholm Resilience Centre, and Åsa Ståhl & Mathilda Tham, Linneaus University, Sweden. WHEN: Friday 10 September, 10:15-12:00 CEST WHERE: Zoom (a link will be sent […]

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June 23, 2021

Soils Stories Workshop, 19 June

This time we were fourteen participants who gathered in Gökhem, Västergötland, during a regional course meeting for the year-long education Regenerative agriculture and holistic management at Bäckedal Folkhögskola. The course focuses on the interaction between people and nature and how viable ecosystems and increased biodiversity […]

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June 22, 2021

Soil Stories Workshop, 28 May

Seven participants gathered for a study visit to two places, first Vackstanäs gymnasium a few kilometers outside Södertälje, where, among other things, horticulturist training is offered, and second at the community-supported agriculture (CSA) Under tallarna in Järna. For four hours we talked about different forms […]

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June 8, 2021

Between Earthworms and Satellites

For Sentinel-1, a satellite pair orbiting planet Earth to meticulously and regularly scan its surface, my allotment garden covers four pixels, almost. The pixels have a resolution of 10 x 10 meters. The essential thing about these pixels is that they are not sealed with […]

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Un/noticed Soils

Soils have slowly emerged from their hibernation in society’s cultural imagination and in research. A growing body of research has brought soils onto the climate crisis agenda suggesting the urgency of transforming society-soil relations and manage soils for health and biodiversity. This in turn demands a shift in how soils are perceived and integrated in sustainability work and society at large, where nature is not separated from culture, or social life from ecology. The relational approach we seek to cultivate in the research initiative ‘Humus economicus’ is sensitive to place-based practices, cultures of care, and multispecies conviviality. Explore the fascinating naturecultures of soils with us, across art, science and the humanities!

 


A research project at Swedish National Historical Museums, 2021-2025. Funded by Formas, a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (DNR 2020-01062).

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