ENTANGLED FUTURES

Mingling ecological knowledges

Entangled Futures is a series of eight lectures and six workshops, curated by Maite Pastor Blanco and Laurane Le Goff (MA Art & Science, CSM). The programme aims to provide creative learning regarding the current ecological change by understanding and re-thinking some of the challenges from the Anthropocene. This body of work functions as a bridge between existing sustainable practices within and outside UAL and as a cross-pollination of knowledges through interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches.

The value behind the land A group lecture review both online and in person at Central Saint Martins (room C202), Tuesday 16th November from 5.30pm to 7.30 pm GMT).

This fourth event in a series of eight, will close the first part: understand the Entangled Futures. We will question the different ways of considering “land ethics”, a concept created by Aldo Leopold, a naturalist and philosopher from the early 20th century. Inviting Katrin Prager a senior lecturer in land economy management, Billie Coxhead, a material and product adviser, Francesca Rockey, independent journalist and founder of Black Geographers and Susanne Weiland, a graduate student from MA Material Futures; we will engage in a cross disciplinary discussion, where each person will bring their own ethical consideration of the land. Once again, the event will engage with speakers from very different backgrounds in order to understand what are the challenges that the ecological change bring to our relationship with the land.

About the speakers

• Billie Coxhead is the Materials & Products Co-ordinator at the University of the Arts London and co-ordinates the Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion Materials & Products Collections. The role includes supporting students and staff with their materials research, collecting for and maintaining the collections by liaising with external manufacturers. Instagram: @uallibraries @CSM_Library_LZ | Website

• Julia Flood (Assistant Academic Support Librarian, University of the Arts London) Julia supports the Art programme at Central Saint Martins, teaching Information Literacy and purchasing Library materials for her courses. She is currently completing a PGCert, in which she hopes to create a pedagogical toolkit for other librarians teaching Critical Information Literacy on topics around Climate Change and Sustainability.

• Susanne Elizabeth Wieland (Student MA) Susanne Elizabeth Wieland is a multidisciplinary designer, artist and researcher. Her practice is dedicated to communicating and investigating the disconnect between humans and nature in the world of the Anthropocene. Through storytelling and poetic experiences, she is exploring new ways of science communication; creating awareness and sparking discourse on complex topics related to novel ecosystems and nature in a human-dominated world. Instagram: @susanne_e_wieland | website

• Katrin Prager (Senior lecturer) Katrin Prager has a background is in social sciences, landscape planning and environmental management. Through her research she aims to enhance collaborative landscape management, impact monitoring and policy evaluation. Her expertise includes farmer and land manager behaviour, agri-environmental policy making, citizen science, knowledge coproduction, resilience and governance. @katrin_prager | website

• Francisca Rockey (Founder and Director of Black Geographers) Francisca Rockey is an award-winning geographer, campaigner, influencer, advocate and activist who is regularly involved in social campaigns, and charity fundraising. She is also a blogger, writer and public speaker featured in mainstream and online media. She founded Black Geographers, a community interest company working to tackle the erasure of black people in geography by creating a platform for black geographers to network and connect. The platform has a global audience of over 10,000 members. Instagram - @franrockey, Twitter - @franciscarockey, LinkedIn - Francisca Rockey / www.blackgeographers.com

This physical event is for UAL students and staff only. But anyone can attend virtually via Zoom.

This is the fourth event in the Entangled Future series, part of Carnival of Crisis hosted by the UAL Climate Emergency Network.

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