CRITICAL CONSERVATION
NEWS
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The Personhood of Nature — Marina Lostal in Conversation with Nancy Couling
The Personhood of Nature — Marina Lostal in Conversation with Nancy Couling ETH ZURICH LECTURE REVIEW, by Hanna B. Hölling ETH Zurich, March 30, 2026 At a lecture held at ETH Zurich on March 30, 2026, Marina Lostal presented a wide-ranging reflection on the emerging field of the Rights of Nature. The talk, part of a…
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Calling for Participation
Critical Conservation Assembly #1: Communities of Practice, December 3-4, 2026 Conservation has often been understood as the technical stabilization of material objects, guided by professional expertise and institutional authority. While this paradigm has shaped Western conservation practice for decades, it does not fully account for the diverse ways in which communities sustain, transmit, and transform…
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Conserving the Celestial Spheres: MILES TIMPE
Conserving the Celestial Spheres: MILES TIMPE READING GROUP RECAP Artwork by J. Andrews of a solar-powered robot mining machine on the surface of the moon, the Mark II He lunar volatiles miner, circa 1992. The design envisioned a robot that would collect rocks rich in Helium, a potential fuel for nuclear fusion power stations. Image: University of Wisconsin…
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Introducing the Team
We are delighted to introduce the growing team behind the research project Critical Conservation. Bringing together expertise from heritage preservation, conservation studies, art history, aethetics, critical heritage studies, and environmental humanities, the project explores how conservation practices shape the ways we understand, preserve, and care for art, heritage, and environments today.
Our Team
Dr. hanna barbara Hölling, Professor and Project lead
Dr. Juliana Robles de la Pava, postdoctoral fellow
Dr. Samidha mahesh Pusalkar, Senior research associate
Marcello Rechberger, project assistant
Contact
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We’re always looking for engaging research and contributors from around the world. If you’re a researcher, practitioner, or simply someone interested in critical approaches to conservation and would like to get in touch, email us at centerforcriticalconservation@gmail.com.
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Mailing Address
SNSF Critical Conservation
HKB Bern Academy of the Arts
Fellerstrasse 11
Bern, Switzerland