[Environment-readinggroup] Picking up after a long winter break

[Yan Cong]

Hi all,

I wanted to share a hybrid seminar next monday. It will be on the topic of
the politics and ethics of doing research in heavily polluted places, a
nice follow up on the papers we read last week. See details in the pdf
attached.

Vital Elements Seminar Series with Mariana Rios Sandoval "Research in a
toxic world"
Date: March 24, 2025
Location: UvA REC, Anthropology Common Room (B5.12)
Time: 15.00-17.00
Zoom link:  https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/83333263586

Best,
Yan

On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM Fieke <fieke at criticalinfralab.net> wrote:

> Hi fellow readers,
>
> After a long winter break we want to start reading again.
>
> *New time and date:* the reading group collides with Janna and mine
> teaching schedule, so untill the summer we want to move the reading group
> to *Wednesday at 16.00 CET*
>
> *Next readings:* we decided to try and read each others work this year,
> so let me know if you are working on a draft paper/chapter/essay that you
> would like to share and discuss with the group. I have put some place
> holders in the schedule that we can fill with your writings!
>
> For next session de Waag volunteered their position paper (attached in
> this email), please do not circulate as it is a draft.
>
>    - February 26: There are two readings. The draft position paper of the
>    Waag on regenerative infrastructures (see attached) and  ‘The compost
>    engineers and sus saberes lentos: a manifest for regenerative technologies
>    <https://codingrights.org/docs/compost_engineers.pdf>‘ by Joana Varon
>    and Lucía Egana
>    - March 12: Michelle Murphy 'Afterlife and decolonial relations' and
>    'Chemical Regimes of Living' (find both reading attached)
>    - March 26: [a suggested writing] or book chapter Jansen. F and ten
>    Oever N. ' More compute for a burning planet? A scarcity approach to AI
>    infrastructures'
>    - April 9: Anne Tsing 'On Nonscalability: The Living World Is Not
>    Amenable to Precision-Nested Scales'
>    - April 23: [place holder for writing from the group]
>    - May 7: Max Liboiron, Manuel Tironi, and Nerea Calvillo 'Toxic
>    politics: Acting in a permanently polluted world'
>    - May 21: [place holder for writing from the group]
>
> Reach out to me for questions, reading suggestions, comments etc. and look
> forward to seeing you all again next week!
>
> Best Fieke
>
>
> On 27-01-2025 16:31, Raymundo Vásquez Ruiz wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I hope you're doing well and happy new year :)
>
> Unfortunately, due to external factors I missed the last editions and I'm
> now wondering when are the meetings restarting.
> Did you mention any dates before the break?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
> Raymundo
> El domingo, 8 de diciembre de 2024 a las 2:11 PM, Fieke
> <fieke at criticalinfralab.net> <fieke at criticalinfralab.net> escribió:
>
> Hi fellow readers,
>
> In the last session we decided to break for the holiday season. Since the
> summer we have been experimenting with reading each others work and
> providing feedback on it. This has been great and super helpful and we want
> to continue doing this.
>
> *Call out to all of you writers:* do you have a draft of finished op-ed,
> chapter, or article that you want to discuss in the environment and tech
> reading group GREAT! Please reach out to me with the topic and timing when
> you would like to discuss it.
>
> *Call out for reading suggestions: *if you have articles we should read,
> let me know!
>
> Other suggested readings for after the break:
>
>    - ‘The compost engineers and sus saberes lentos: a manifest for
>    regenerative technologies
>    <https://codingrights.org/docs/compost_engineers.pdf>‘ by Joana Varon
>    and Lucía Egana
>    - Industrial Policy in the Global Semiconductor Sector
>    <https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w32651/w32651.pdf>
>    by Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Réka Juhász, Nathan J. Lane, Giulia Lo Forte &
>    Jeff Thurk
>    - Toxic politics: Acting in a permanently polluted world
>    <https://www.academia.edu/38749791>by Nerea Calvillo and Manuel Tironi
>    - Point of View: Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis
>    <https://elifesciences.org/articles/84991> by Anne E Urai and Clare
>    Kelly
>
> For now, happy winter/summer break to everyone.
>
> Best Fieke
>
> --
> 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: https://www.criticalinfralab.net/
> E: fieke at criticalinfralab.net
>
> Jansen, F.  (2024). The Practice of Predictive Identification: Optimising for Organisational Needs. Surveillance and Society Vol. 22 No. 3 https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/15788/11734
>
> Branch Magazine Special Issue 6: Green Screen Editionhttps://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-6/
>
>
>
> --
> 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: https://www.criticalinfralab.net/
> E: fieke at criticalinfralab.net
>
> Jansen, F.  (2024). The Practice of Predictive Identification: Optimising for Organisational Needs. Surveillance and Society Vol. 22 No. 3 https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/15788/11734
>
> Branch Magazine Special Issue 6: Green Screen Edition https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-6/
>
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