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New WRITINGS IN THE CRITICAL CONSERVATION ESSAY SECTION – check them out!
Several new essays are now live on the Center for Critical Conservation website. From Indigenous care and reconciliation to Amazonian knowledge systems, living heritage, and expanded understandings of conservation, these contributions continue our exploration of conservation as a relational, pluriversal, and critical practice. We invite you to explore the latest essays, discover new perspectives from…
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Relational Curatorship and the Pragmatic Meanings of African Collections at Manchester MuseuM: Njabulo CHIPANGURA
Relational Curatorship and the Pragmatic Meanings of African Collections at Manchester MuseuM: Njabulo CHIPANGURA READING GROUP RECAP On 19 June 2026, the Natureculture Lab Reading Group welcomed Njabulo Chipangura, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Maynooth University and former curator at Manchester Museum, for a thought-provoking discussion on museums, colonial legacies, and the ethics of care.…
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Surfacing Time: Inheriting the Burdens of Human–Soil Belonging: Maria Puig de la Bellacasa
Surfacing Time: Inheriting the Burdens of Human–Soil Belonging: Maria Puig de la Bellacasa HKB FORSCHUNGSMITTWOCH RECAP On the occassion of Forschungsmittwoch #203 (20 May 2026) at the HKB Bern, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa explored how soils can become a site for rethinking relationships between humans, environments, and the more-than-human world. Titled Surfacing Time: Inheriting the…
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Legal Personhood and the Ontologies of Living Water Bodies: Yoonha Kim
Legal Personhood and the Ontologies of Living Water Bodies: Yoonha Kim READING GROUP RECAP On May 8th, the Natureculture Lab Reading Group welcomed Yoonha Kim (inherit.heritage in transformation, Berlin) for a conversation on legal personhood, living water bodies, and the ways communities and activist groups reimagine relationships of care, kinship, and naturocultural entanglement. Drawing from her ongoing…
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