CRITICAL CONSERVATION
NEWS
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The Return to Nature and Culture: Tim Ingold
The Return to Nature and Culture: Tim Ingold THE COLLEGIUM HELVETICUM LECTURE RECAP On February 26, 2026, the Collegium Helveticum, Swiss Institute for Advanced Study, welcomed renowned social anthropologist Tim Ingold for a thought-provoking lecture conceived and organized by Hanna Hölling as part of her fellowship project Caring for Naturecultures. The event also formed part of the Natureculture Lab initiative. In his lecture, Tim Ingold…
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Vacancies: Join our team
🎓 We’re Hiring: Join the Critical Conservation Research Team at HKB! Are you passionate about conservation, heritage, and critical research? The Bern University of Applied Sciences – Academy of the Arts (HKB) is recruiting for four roles in the SNSF-funded project Critical Conservation—a bold, interdisciplinary initiative rethinking conservation as a pluricultural, political, and epistemic practice.…
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SNSF grants support!
In Spring 2025, the Swiss National Science Foundation announced its support for our new four-year research initiative, Critical Conservation. This generous support will enable a team of scholars, researchers, and practitioners to engage with emerging trends in contemporary conservation while critically revisiting established domains, theorems, and paradigms. Building on the significant outcomes of our previous…
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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SNSF Critical Conservation
HKB Bern Academy of the Arts
Fellerstrasse 11
Bern, Switzerland