(p)Art of the Biomass has in collaboration with Humus economicus and on invitation from curator Stella d’Ailly at fabulous Mossutställningar written a letter to soil, called Soil Correspondences. It is published in the free art magazine Elementa together with other artist letters to the elements, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Above: Erika, one of the participant at Bäckedal Folkhögskola, 19 June 2021. During the Soil Celebration in April, we visited urban gardeners and soil stewards to talk about living soils and sustainable relationships. They showed what climate action and social commitment could look like in […]
During two intense and inspiring days, Karin Wegsjö, Janna Holmstedt, and Malin Lobell visited urban farms, community gardens, and other soil related initiatives. They met soil stewards in the city and its hinterlands, where conversations on living soils and sustainable relations unfolded. In the photo […]
Soils are slowly emerging from their hibernation in society’s cultural imagination and in research it seems. 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. Funded by Formas, a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development