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<p>Hi fellow environment readers!</p>
<p href="https://files.criticalinfralab.net/s/oDWscPoDZ8mXJK2"
moz-do-not-send="true">Just uploaded the next four chapters of the
AI, Infrastructure, and Sustainability book for the next two
reading groups. You can find them <a
href="https://files.criticalinfralab.net/s/oDWscPoDZ8mXJK2">here</a> (Please
do not circulate), it will be available open access soon</p>
<p>Best Fieke</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/23/25 23:16, Fieke wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi fellow environment readers!</p>
<p>Just uploaded the next four chapters of the AI, Infrastructure,
and Sustainability book for the next two reading groups. You can
find them <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://files.criticalinfralab.net/s/oDWscPoDZ8mXJK2">here</a> (Please
do not circulate), it will be available open access soon</p>
<p>Best Fieke</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/26/25 10:20, Fieke wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi fellow readers,</p>
<p>Hope everyone had a great summer break and is ready to start
reading about environment and infrastructures again. In this
email you will find two important announcements. The readings
for the next months, time and place of the reading group, and
that starting 2026 we want to merge the critical infra reading
groups! <br>
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<p><b>Time and place</b>: Tuesdays from 16.00 CEST <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/5689070082"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/5689070082</a><br>
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<p><b>Merging of the reading groups</b>: from 2026 we want to
merge the infra lab reading groups. In the last years we have
been reading in two direction: one more focused on environment
and and one on histories of and power in infrastructures. Both
discussions have been great and fruitful in developing our
ideas on these topics and now we feel it is time to merge them
and learn and read together. The idea is that we start reading
more on the political economy, from both perspectives, and
have an even richer exchange of ideas. If you have suggestions
for books please let me know! </p>
<p><b>Upcoming readings: </b>Anne Mollen, Julia Velkova, Sigrid
Kannengießer, and I have edited a book 'AI Infrastructures and
Sustainability: Expanding Perspectives on Automation,
Communication and Media'. The book and its chapters show The
book shows that there is not one AI, and there is no such
thing as sustainable AI, but that through engaging with its
materiality we can start to account for the inequalities,
economies and societal conflicts that emerge within
AI-saturated futures. It will be published later this year. I
have uploaded the first 4 chapters on the <a
href="https://files.criticalinfralab.net/s/oDWscPoDZ8mXJK2"
moz-do-not-send="true">infra lab cloud</a> (<b>PLEASE DO NOT
CIRCULATE</b>) and suggest the following reading schedule:
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<ul>
<li>Sept 9: introduction and chapter 1 from Anna Valdivia<br>
</li>
<li>Sep 23: chapter 2 from Débora Leal, Max Krüger and Sigrid
Kannengießer and chapter 3 from Iago Bojczuk<br>
</li>
<li>Oct 7: chapter 4 from Julia Velkova and chapter 5 Patrick
Brodie <br>
</li>
<li>Oct 21: chapter 6 Hamsini Sridharan and chapter 7
Salla-Maaria Laaksonen and Meri Frig<br>
</li>
<li>Nov 4: chapter 8 Malgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska and
chapter 9 Olga Dovbysh<br>
</li>
<li>Nov 18: chapter 10 Anne Mollen and chapter 11 Gerwin van
Schie and Inte Gloerich </li>
<li>Dec 2: chapter 12 Jędrzej Nikla and chapter 13 Dan
McQuillan <br>
</li>
<li>Dec 16: chapter 14 Fieke Jansen and chapter 15 Johanna
Sefyrin and Julia Velkova <br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Will update the website in the next couple of days</p>
<p>Best 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
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href="mailto:fieke@criticalinfralab.net" moz-do-not-send="true">fieke@criticalinfralab.net</a>
Jansen, F. (2024). The Practice of Predictive Identification: Optimising for Organisational Needs. Surveillance and Society Vol. 22 No. 3 <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/15788/11734"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/15788/11734</a>
Branch Magazine Special Issue 6: Green Screen Edition
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href="https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-6/"
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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/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.criticalinfralab.net/</a>
E: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:fieke@criticalinfralab.net" moz-do-not-send="true">fieke@criticalinfralab.net</a>
Jansen, F. (2024). The Practice of Predictive Identification: Optimising for Organisational Needs. Surveillance and Society Vol. 22 No. 3 <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/15788/11734"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/15788/11734</a>
Branch Magazine Special Issue 6: Green Screen Edition
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-6/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-6/</a></pre>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
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>
Jansen, F. (2024). The Practice of Predictive Identification: Optimising for Organisational Needs. Surveillance and Society Vol. 22 No. 3 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/15788/11734">https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/15788/11734</a>
Branch Magazine Special Issue 6: Green Screen Edition
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-6/">https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-6/</a></pre>
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