Dear Colleagues,
the Collaborative Research Centre "Virtual lifeworlds" presents a
Distinguished Lecture with Laura Watts on "Solarpunk Futures: Making
wild green energy worlds from virtual seeds". Please join on site at the
Ruhr-University in Bochum on 5 June 2024 18 hrs or online via Zoom.
More here:
https://www.virtuelle-lebenswelten.de/blog-post/distinguished-lecture-mit-laura-watts-05-06-2024
Green energy is the future; low carbon energy is the future. But where
are the green electrons in a length of electricity grid cable? There
are, in physical terms, no electrons wearing green hats; there is no
measurable difference between an electron generated by a wind turbine
and another generated by a fossil fuel power station. Green energy is
virtual and immeasurable; its units are given in the /equivalence /to a
mass of carbon dioxide emitted per kilowatt hour. So how to make gritty
and embodied, liveable worlds from virtual green power?
Informed by fieldwork around North Sea energy islands and drawing on
Speculative Fabulation from theorist Donna Haraway this talk will
explore a method for virtual green energy to become the seed for
liveable worlds that grow wild out of energy infrastructures rooted in
their place and people. It will be a guide to making futures that are
hopeful, enduring, and phototropic–turning always towards the light.
All best,
Estrid Sørensen
--
Prof. Dr. Estrid Sørensen
Faculty of Social Science
Chair of Cultural Psychology and Anthropology of Knowledge
Centre for Anthropological Knowledge in Scientific and Technological Cultures - CAST
Ruhr-University Bochum
Building GD E1.249 Postfach 80
Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Tel.: +49-(0)234 32 27947 | Fax: +49-(0)234 32 14744
Secretary: Kerstin Parasidis:cupak-sowi@rub.de / +49 (0)234 32 - 27949
www.sowi.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/cupak
RUSTlab: rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Universitätstr 104, room 223
Pronoun: she / her
Recent publications:
Amelang, K, Klausner, K, Sørensen, E, Straube, T, Friton, J & Queckenberg, R. (2023). Daten erfahren und situieren Datenspaziergänge als explorative Methode ethnografischer Forschung. Kulturanthropologie Notizen 85: Digital[ität] Ethnografieren.https://doi.org/10.21248/ka-notizen.85.20
Gorur, R., Sørensen, E., & Maddox, B. (2023). Standardisierung des Kontexts und Kontextualisierung des Standards: Die Übertragung von PISA auf PISA-D. In M. J. Prutsch (Ed.), Wissenschaft, Zahlen und Politik (pp. 325-356). London, UK: Palgrave.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23073-8_14
Kocksch, L., & Sørensen, E. (2023). Investigating the Sustainability-Cybersecurity Nexus in HCI as a Practical Problem: Presentation at Workshop WS27: HCI for Climate Change: Imagining Sustainable Futures. Bochum: Ruhr-Universität Bochum.https://d-nb.info/1296812146/34
Sørensen, E., & Laser, S. (2023). Towards Artful Sustainable Integration of IT Infrastructures. In P. Jankowski, A. Höfner, M. L. Hoffmann, F. Rohde, R. Rehak & J. Graf (Eds.), Shaping Digital Transformation for a Sustainable Society. Contributions from Bits & Bäume (pp. 87-90). Berlin: Technische Universität Berlin.
https://publication2023.bits-und-baeume.org/#87
Laser, S., Pasek, A., Sørensen, E., Hogan, M., Fehrenbacher, J., Hepach, M. G., Çelik, L., & Kumar, K. R. (2022). The environmental footprint of social media hosting: Tinkering with Mastodon. EASST Review 41(3).
https://www.easst.net/article/the-environmental-footprint-of-social-media-hosting-tinkering-with-mastodon/
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