[Liuhum] INVITATION: Walpurgis Night Special: “Feminist Reconfigurings of Alien Encounters” – A Virtual Book Launch. 30th April, 16:15-18:00 CEST

[Marietta Radomska]

Dear Colleagues,


We are delighted to invite you all to the second – this time virtual – book launch of  “Feminist Reconfigurings of Alien Encounters: Ethical Co-Existence in More-than-Human Worlds” <https://www.routledge.com/Feminist-Reconfigurings-of-Alien-Encounters-Ethical-Co-Existence-in-More-than-Human-Worlds/Lykke-Aglert-Henriksen/p/book/9781032447568> by Nina Lykke, Katja Aglert and Line Henriksen.

The book has just come out in the book series Routledge FOCUS on More-than-Human Humanities<https://www.routledge.com/More-Than-Human-Humanities/book-series/MTHH>, edited by Cecilia Åsberg and Marietta Radomska. The launch forms part of The Eco- and Bioart Lab Webinar Series<https://ecobioartlab.net/events-and-activities/>.

Earlier this month those of you living in Stockholm had an opportunity to take part in a physical book launch at Index<https://indexfoundation.se/talks-and-events/bookshop-situation-series-feminist-reconfigurings-of-alien-encounters>. This time we all have a chance to celebrate this thrilling publication virtually.

The launch takes place on 30th April at 16:15 – 18:00 CEST on Zoom.

REGISTER HERE.<https://liu-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5AtdeuvqzwsH9Katxx1WVuSTuOuPol3xXYX>

More about the event:

The book reclaims the notion of alien encounters together with strange but queerly loved companions: Vulgar slugs, diatoms (micro-algae), and familiars (spirit guides of witches). This playfully crafted mixed-genre book is informed by feminist posthumanisms and co-created with a spectral community of more-than-humans who are respectfully summoned to contribute with their perspectives. In focus of the entangled artistic-philosophical-poetic investigations are questions of ethics, aesthetics, and methodologies to co-exist response-ably rather than based on modern human beliefs in exceptionalism and entitlement to sovereignty, control, and conquest of more-than-human worlds.

During the launch event, the authors and book series editor will introduce the book, and perform live readings from the poetic texts that together with philosophical reflections run through the book. Participants will also be invited to try out a creative writing prompt, perhaps leading you to a lovingly queer encounter with your own aliens.

Speakers:
Nina Lykke, co-author, poet, writer and professor of gender studies, Linköping University.
Katja Aglert, co-author, artist, Senior Lecturer of Fine Art, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design.
Line Henriksen, co-author, Senior Lecturer in Literature and Creative Writing, Malmö University.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: https://ecobioartlab.net/2024/04/23/walpurgis-night-special-feminist-reconfigurings-of-alien-encounters-a-virtual-book-launch-30th-april-1615-1800/

Zoom registration: https://bit.ly/3UtvFw5

Image included in the poster: Feminist Reconfigurings of Alien Encounters. Photo: Katja Aglert.

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Dr. Marietta Radomska | Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities | Head of unit  (Gender Studies) | Director of The Eco- and Bioart Lab<https://liu.se/en/research/the-eco-and-bioart-lab>: https://ecobioartlab.net/ | Founding Member of Queer Death Studies Network: https://queerdeathstudies.net/<https://queerdeathstudies.wordpress.com/>  | Co-editor of FOCUS on More-Than-Human Humanities Book Series at Routledge<https://www.routledge.com/More-Than-Human-Humanities/book-series/MTHH> | Division of Gender Studies (Tema Genus), Department of Thematic Studies (Tema), Linköping University, SE-581 83 LINKÖPING, Sweden | LiU web: https://liu.se/en/employee/marra73 | Personal web: https://mariettaradomska.com/ | E-mail: marietta.radomska at liu.se | tel. +46 (0) 13 28 6694

CHECK OUT THE LATEST NEWS from The Eco- and Bioart Lab<https://ecobioartlab.net/news-4/>


Select latest publications:


Ecologies of Death, Ecologies of Mourning: A Biophilosophy of Non/Living Arts<https://journal.fi/rae/article/view/127532>. 2023. Research in Arts & Education. Special issue on Death 2/2023: 8-22. https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.127532


State of the Art: Elements for Critical Thinking and Doing<https://bioartsociety.fi/projects/publications/pages/state-of-the-art-elements-for-critical-thinking-and-doing> 2023. Book co-edited together with E. Berger, M. Keski-Korsu, and L. Thastum. Helsinki: Bioart Society.


Fathoming Postnatural Oceans: towards a low trophic theory in the practices of feminist posthumanities<https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486211028542.>. 2021. With Cecilia Åsberg. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (June 2021). https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486211028542.


Non/Living Queerings, Undoing Certainties and Braiding Vulnerabilities: A Collective Reflection<https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Artnodes/article/view/374989>. 2021. With Mayra Citlalli Rojo Gómez, Margherita Pevere and Terike Haapoja. In: L. Benítez; E. Berger, eds. "Arts in the time of pandemic". Artnodes, no. 27:  1-10. UOC.


Deterritorialising Death: Queerfeminist Biophilosophy and Ecologies of the Non/Living in Contemporary Art<https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2020.1802697>. 2020. Australian Feminist Studies 35(104): 116-137.



Queer Death Studies: Death, Dying and Mourning From a Queerfeminist Perspective<https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2020.1811952>. 2020. With Tara Mehrabi and Nina Lykke. Australian Feminist Studies 35(104): 81-100.



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The Eco- and Bioart Lab YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/@EcoBioartLab>

Check out a report from our symposium ECOLOGIES OF DEATH, ECOLOGIES OF MOURNING: VOL. I<https://queerdeathstudies.net/2023/04/04/visual-report-ecologies-of-death-ecologies-of-mourning-vol-i/>

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