This is the course blog for K-JI-11-S21E - Ecological Thinking. Topics of discussion include artistic research dealing with the Anthropocene, Extraction Histories, Extractive and Contaminated Landscapes, Media Ecologies, Environmental Data, and Artificial Intelligence.
About this blog
Collaborative artistic research studio that engages with the themes of environmental data, sensing, and contamination.
Orla Mc Hardy wonders how virtual extractivism directly originates from the imagery and practices of mining.
Heini Nieminen argues that Ecological Compensation can simply become an instrument of trade if not used correctly
Maija Linturi analyzes the acknowledgment of a billion black Anthropocenes.
The Middle Passage in the Atlantic Ocean is a terrain invisible and a horrific reminder of the forces of extraction.
The course aims to re-position ecology in context of extractivism.
This is the course blog for K-JI-11-22A – Ecological Thinking. Topics of discussion include artistic research dealing with the Anthropocene, Extraction Histories, Extractive and Contaminated Landscapes, Media Ecologies, Environmental Data, and Artificial Intelligence.
Header image credit: “Salar de Atacama, Chile” by Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra / INPE / CC BY-SA 2.0.