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Speaking with nature by speaking with each other, featuring the Art and Science Research Group at the University of Bergen.

Connections are everywhere and it is always interesting to see how different societies interact with space and the environment.  When it comes to the environment there are multiple ways we can approach it, for example through environmental ethics, personal experience, posthumanist engagements, ecoart, biological or earth sciences. The Art & Science Research Group decided toContinue reading “Speaking with nature by speaking with each other, featuring the Art and Science Research Group at the University of Bergen.”

Thinking with Rancière: the dissensual politics of Extinction Rebellion

By Alex Scott This short piece centres on themes explored in a current research project which explores to what extent the Extinction Rebellion social movement can be conceived as what Jacques Rancière calls an ‘properly political moment’. The blog post will briefly summarise some of Rancière’s key ideas before considering how useful a Rancièrian framingContinue reading “Thinking with Rancière: the dissensual politics of Extinction Rebellion”