For the last session in our four-part online reading group, we discussed the extractive practices of intellectual property rights and patenting of natural resources and indigenous knowledge systems, which, to quote Vandana Shiva, is “at the heart of the new colonialism”. Increasingly, global biotechnology and pharmaceutical giants are exploring traditional medicinal plants and knowledges, researching […]
This reading session session took place on: Friday, 7 August 2020, 16.00-18.00 (GMT +7) Materials for this group: Screening: ‘New Acid’ (14’ 18”, 2019), a film by Basim Magdy Watch ‘New Acid’ on the artist’s website here: https://www.basimmagdy.com/new-acid Reading: “Unruly Edges: Mushrooms as Companion Species” (2012), an essay by Anna Tsing Download the essay […]
This reading session session took place on: Friday, 31 July 2020, 16.00-18.00 (GMT +7) Materials for this group: Screening: ‘Who is Afraid of Ideology? Part 2’ (38’, 2019), a film by Marwa Arsanios Read more about Marwa and her work here: https://www.mor-charpentier.com/artist/marwa-arsanios/ Reading: ‘Ecofeminism’ (1993), a book by Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva Read […]
This reading session session took place on: Friday, 14 July 2020, 16.00-18.00 (+7 GMT) Materials for this group: Screening: ‘Kasiterit’ (18’, 2019), a film by Riar Rizaldi Read more about Kasiterit here: https://www.vdrome.org/riar-rizaldi/ Reading: “Decolonization as the Horizon of Political Action”, ‘e-flux Journal #77’ (2016) by Irmgard Emmelhainz Download a PDF of the text […]
