Urban Ecologies Graduate Seminar 19-20 Session 3: More-Than-Human Cities

The third session of the [urban interfaces] graduate seminar 2019-2020: Urban Ecologies.The theme of this session is More-Than-Human Cities. How can our cities become more sustainable – socially, ethically, and ecologically – by taking into account the diverse interests, stakes, and perspectives from other living organisms and species beside humans?

Readings:

• Gorny, Robert. 2018. “Reclaiming What Architecture Does: Toward an Ethology and Transformative Ethics of Material Arrangements.” Architectural Theory Review 22: 2: 188-209. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13264826.2018.1481809.
• Haraway, Donna. 2016. Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthuluscene. Durham: Duke University Press. Recommended: Introduction and Chapter 1.
• Lupton, Deborah. 2019. Data Selves: More-than-Human Perspectives. Recommended: Chapter 2 “More-than-Human Perspectives.”

More information about the seminar can be found here, you can register for the seminar series by emailing urbaninterfaces@uu.nl.