[Liuhum] Invitation to "Ecologies of Death, Ecologies of Mourning: vol. 1" International Symposium, 23 March, Norrköping

Sun Jan 22 12:49:45 CET 2023

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to join us for  "Ecologies of Death, Ecologies of Mourning: Volume I. An International Symposium"<https://queerdeathstudies.net/2023/01/21/ecologies-of-death-ecologies-of-mourning-international-symposium-23-march-2023-in-norrkoping/>, which takes place on 23rd March 2023, 13:00 - 18:00 CET at The Museum of Work in Norrköping.

The event is organised by The Eco- and Bioart Lab<https://liu.se/en/research/the-eco-and-bioart-lab> in collaboration with Queer Death Studies Network<https://queerdeathstudies.net/>.

Registration is open until 15th March or until the event is fully booked.

Please see the details below and hope to see you in March in Norrköping!

Best regards,
Marietta

Ecologies of Death, Ecologies of Mourning: Volume I
An International Symposium

23RD MARCH 2023, 13:00 – 18:00

Organised by The Eco- and Bioart Lab<https://liu.se/en/research/the-eco-and-bioart-lab>, in collaboration with Queer Death Studies Network<https://queerdeathstudies.net/>

VENUE: ARBETETS MUSEUM (THE MUSEUM OF WORK), NORRKÖPING

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Prof. Patricia MacCormack (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Prof. Em. Nina Lykke (Linköping University, SE/Aarhus University, DK)

SPEAKERS:
Dr Evelien Geerts (University of Birmingham, UK)
Prof. Christina Fredengren (Uppsala University, SE)
Dr Tara Mehrabi & Dr Wibke Straube (Karlstad University, SE)
Dr Marietta Radomska (Linköping University, SE)

In the Anthropocene, the epoch of climate change and environmental destruction that render certain habitats unliveable and induce socio-economic inequalities and shared ‘more-than-human’ vulnerabilities, death and loss become urgent environmental concerns. As climate scientists indicate, in order to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), a much more radical transformative action is needed from all stakeholders: governments, the private sector, communities and individuals (Höhne et al. 2020).

Simultaneously, planetary environmental disruption, contributing to the mortality of humans and nonhumans, destruction of entire ecosystems, the sixth mass extinction, both abrupt and ‘slow’ violence (Nixon 2011), evoke feelings of anxiety, anger and grief, manifested in popular-scientific and cultural narratives, art, and activism. These feelings are not always openly acknowledged or accepted in society; and the ecological, more-than-human dimensions of death have traditionally been underplayed in public debates. Yet, what we need now – more than ever – is the systematic problematisation of the planetary-scale mechanisms of annihilation of the more-than-human world in their philosophical, socio-cultural, ethico-political and very material dimensions. Only then will it be possible to talk about the issues of responsibility, accountability and care for more-than-human worlds (Radomska & Lykke 2022).

Taking its starting point in critically investigating and challenging conventional normativities, assumptions and expectations surrounding issues of death, dying and mourning in the contemporary world (Radomska, Meharbi & Lykke 2020; https://queerdeathstudies.net/), this interdisciplinary symposium zooms in on more-than-human ecologies of death, dying, grief and mourning across spatial and temporal scales.

The event is combined with the official launch of the four-year research project Ecological Grief, Crisis Imaginaries and Resilience in Nordic Lights (2022-26)<https://mariettaradomska.com/ecological-grief-crisis-imaginaries-and-resilience-in-nordic-lights/>, led by Dr Marietta Radomska and generously funded by FORMAS: a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development<https://formas.se/en/start-page.html>.

Detailed Programme: TBA

REGISTRATION:
The participation in the symposium is free of charge, but we have a limited number of seats. If you wish to take part in the event, please, fill out the form: https://forms.office.com/e/Yb4qXpyVtX
Registration deadline: 15th March 2023 or until the event is fully booked.

NB! In case you register and it turns out you can no longer participate, please let us know by sending an email to: ecobioartlab[at]liu.se . In this way we may be able to let in anyone who may be on the waiting list.

MORE: https://queerdeathstudies.net/2023/01/21/ecologies-of-death-ecologies-of-mourning-international-symposium-23-march-2023-in-norrkoping/

Dr. Marietta Radomska | Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities | Programme Director for MA in Gender Studies - Intersectionality and Change | Director of The Eco- and Bioart Lab<https://liu.se/en/research/the-eco-and-bioart-lab> | Founding Member of Queer Death Studies Network: https://queerdeathstudies.net/<https://queerdeathstudies.wordpress.com/>  | Research Team Member of The Posthumanities Hub<https://posthumanities.net/> | 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

Latest publications:

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.

What do we talk about when we talk about queer death? Theories and definitions<https://whatever.cirque.unipi.it/index.php/journal/article/view/147?fbclid=IwAR35LfnULlmu8g8TViIpgPVOn3KEwrWC7ZzBgOE5LJEWd5WwOFO8a4cdpqU>. 2021. With P. MacCormack, N. Lykke, I. Hillerup-Hansen, P. R. Olson, N. Manganas. Whatever: Transdisciplinary Journal of Queer Theory and Studies, vol. 4: 573-598. https://doi.org/10.13131/2611-657X.whatever.v4i1.147

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.

 “Environmental violence and postnatural oceans: Low trophic theory in the registers of feminist posthumanities”<https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56930-3_13>. 2021. With Cecilia Åsberg. In Gender, Violence and Affect: Interpersonal, Institutional and Ideological Practices, eds. M. Husso, S. Karkulehto, T. Saresma, A. Laitila, J. Eilola and H. Siltala. London: Palgrave: 265-285. <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56930-3_13>

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.

Other media:

The Posthumanities Hub & The Eco- and Bioart Lab YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCceWDyovuMbKpYVgiKYI_gw>

UPCOMING EVENTS:

ECOLOGIES OF DEATH, ECOLOGIES OF MOURNING: VOLUME I. An International Symposium<https://queerdeathstudies.net/2023/01/21/ecologies-of-death-ecologies-of-mourning-international-symposium-23-march-2023-in-norrkoping/>, 23rd March 2023, 13:00-18:00, Norrköping. Register HERE<https://forms.office.com/e/Yb4qXpyVtX>.
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