Ecocentric Investigations – Guest Lecture by Nabil Ahmed, 27.11.

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This talk will explore ecocentric investigations as an operative concept that looks at the way environmental destruction poses unique representational challenges and how to overcome them…

Guest Lecturer: Nabil Ahmed from the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (Norwegian Institute of Science & Technology), Date: 27.11.2023, Time: 16.30 – 18.00 EET

This talk will explore ecocentric investigations as an operative concept that looks at the way environmental destruction poses unique representational challenges and how to overcome them, namely how the convergence of disparate data, forensic techniques, territorial research, and on the ground testimonies – that are sensitive and focused on an ecological perspective – can produce impactful narratives for environmental justice and accountability.

The Lecture is held online. Zoom Link: https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/64415804627

Bio

Nabil Ahmed is Professor of Visual Intervention at the Trondheim Academy of Fine art at the faculty of architecture and design at NTNU.  He is the co-director of INTERPRT, a research agency that pursues environmental justice through spatial and visual investigations. For over ten years the team which includes architects, filmmakers, researchers and developers have been conducting investigations on environmental destruction and human rights violations. The group’s most recent major exhibition “Colonial Present: Counter-mapping the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Sápmi” was commissioned by the Helsinki Biennial. https://www.interprt.org / https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/nabil.ahmed