BioCriticism webinar 2025 – Biodiversity and Neglect in Art and Science

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The 2025 edition of the BioCriticism webinar proposes interdisciplinary approaches to “Biodiversity and Neglect in Art and Science”. Each 90-minute session consists of two twenty-minute talks followed by discussion. We continue to meet on zoom at 2 pm Central European Time. Abstracts, biographies and information about the webinar are available here. The zoom link will be posted closer to each session. All are welcome!
 

BioCriticism – 2025 – Biodiversity and Neglect in Art and Science

  • 28th of March 2025, 2 pm CET: Neglected biodiversity in kitchens and fictions (shared BioCriticism / BioYUFE webinar)

Prof. Marko Rohlfs (Chemical Ecology, Bremen University),“Caring mothers: the symbiotic relationship between insects and microbes in nurturing their young – in your kitchen!”

Teun Joshua Brandt (Literature and Culture, University of Groningen), “Save the Unseen!? Microbial Tricksters in Science Fictions”

  • 25th of April 2025, 2 pm CET: Can participatory art and science help us see biodiversity ?

Prof. Eliane Beaufils (Theatre Studies, Université de Paris 8), “The Democracy of Organisms: grow and multiply!”

Dr. Shannon Lambert (Literature, Ghent University), ““I see a starfish!”: Charting Excitement and Engagement in Online Marine Citizen Science Projects”

  • 16th of May 2025, 2 pm CET: The biodiversity of neglected spaces in poetry and art curation

Dr. Jonathan Skinner (English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick), “Ruderal Prosodies: Poetry, Plants, World-Ecology”

Dr. Martin Grünfeld (Science Communication, University of Copenhagen), “Towards a metabolic welcoming: Fungal relations troubling hospitality at the museum”

Martin’s talk is co-written with Simone Cecilie Pedersen who is a curator and art interpreter at SMK, The National Gallery of Denmark.

 
BioCriticism is organised by Liliane Campos with the support of PRISMES EA4398 and the Institut Universitaire de France. For information and links, please contact liliane.campos@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr or check the BioCriticism website.

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