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<p>Hi all</p>
<p>For those in the Northern hemisphere, I hope everyone is having a
good summer break without heatwaves, fires, flooding or other
freak weather conditions. For those in the Southern hemisphere,
hope you are having a good winter. <br>
</p>
<p>Just a short reminder, we will restart the environment reading
group with the book '<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3091-after-geoengineering">After
Geoengineering: climate tragedy, repair, and restoration
introduction</a>' by Holly Jean Buck on September 5th. In the
book the author writes about climate engineering, to some a
seductive idea to ensure that human species do not hurtle towards
its own extinction. The book will engage with questions as 'can
these technologies and practices be used to bring carbon levels
back down to pre-industrial levels? Are there possibilities for
massive intentional intervention in the climate that are
democratic, decentralised, or participatory? <br>
</p>
<p>Important details<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Next session is on Tuesday September 12th 16:00 – 17:00 CET</li>
<li>Zoom <a href="https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/5689070082">link</a></li>
<li>Find the schedule and more information <a
href="https://www.criticalinfralab.net/2023/06/05/environment-reading-group/">here</a></li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>Scheduling: I would like to propose a change the our 'after the
summer break' reading groups dates. The issue is that some of us
are also in the infrastructure reading group and before our break
we had the environmental reading group one week and the
infrastructure reading group the other week. Now they are
scheduled to happen in the same week. Which is a bit intense. The
after geoengineering is not a difficult book to read, so I propose
that after our first call we stick to our original schedule which
would be:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sept 5th after geoengineering: climate tragedy, repair, and
restoration introduction<br>
</li>
<li>Sept 12th after geoengineering: climate tragedy, repair, and
restoration part i. cultivation (chapter 1 – 3)<br>
</li>
<li>Sept 26th after geoengineering: climate tragedy, repair, and
restoration part ii. burial (chapter 4 – 5) <br>
</li>
<li>and so on<br>
</li>
</ul>
That means there we only have one week between the first two reading
group sessions. Are people ok with this? If yes, I'll change
accordingly<br>
<p>Happy reading</p>
<p>Fieke <br>
</p>
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Fieke Jansen, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher - Media Studies Department - University of Amsterdam
co-pi critical infrastructure lab
Member Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights coalition
W: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.criticalinfralab.net/">https://www.criticalinfralab.net/</a>
E: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fieke@criticalinfralab.net">fieke@criticalinfralab.net</a></pre>
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