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The Lives of Deltas: A Research Exchange on Sustainability and the Imaginary (The University of Hong Kong– Utrecht University)
Bill McKibben wrote, ‘We live in a post-natural world.’ But did ‘Nature’ in this sense ever exist? Or was it rather the deification of the human that gave it an illusory apartness from ourselves? Now that non-human agencies have dispelled that illusion, we are confronted suddenly with a new task: that of finding other ways
Read moreMedia Architecture Biennale 2020 final report available
Our research group [urban interfaces] was one of the organizing partners of the Media Architecture Biennale 2020, which took place 28 June – 2 July 2021 (after being postponed due to Corona). Read the final MAB20 report here (pdf 5 MB) >> The Media Architecture Biennale (MAB20) was organized by Utrecht University (UU) and the
Read moreNew AndersUtrecht podcast series
The AndersUtrecht network has launched a new podcast series that brings together scholars and grassroots organizations. AndersUtrecht is a transdisciplinary network that aims to strengthen the cooperation between grassroots initiatives working towards ecological sustainability and social change in the Utrecht Region. It celebrates the variety among existing initiatives that deal with the societal challenges in…
Read moreCo-Creating Alternative `Zero-Waste’ Urban Imaginaries
The project addresses the participation of citizens in imagining and shaping sustainable urban futures, focusing on issues and infrastructures of waste. The aim is to develop a transferable transdisciplinary approach that supports the co-creation of alternative, inclusive ‘zero-waste’ imaginaries, by critically and creatively addressing the notion of ‘waste’ in urban contexts. This project was awarded…
Read moreMedia Architecture Biennale offers perspective: In the city of the future, people and their relationship to the surroundings are at the centre
You throw a piece of paper in the waste bin and the local waste management authority receives a signal that the bin is full; you walk down the street in the dark and the sensor-sensitive lamppost switches on; Google Maps recommends an alternative route to reach your final destination more quickly. These are all examples…
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