Frederic Hanusch and Clemens Finkelstein
CANCELED Institutional Design Elements for Planetary Democracy
Presentation and Conversation
Format
Presentation and Conversation
Event information
Are you interested in learning more about the sustainable habitability of our home planet? Then let's explore together what elements shape a planetary democracy. By planetary democracy, we mean the attempt to involve not only human actors but also non-human actors and forces in political processes. How could this be achieved? We have consulted artists, scientists, and activists for their ideas and will present the results in this event. In a subsequent discussion session, we would like to hear your reactions to this research and learn what responses this research triggers in you or what ideas it sparks in you. In your opinion, what makes the Earth inhabitable in a democratic manner?
Short biography
Frederic Hanusch is co-founder and scientific manager of the Panel on Planetary Thinking at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Fellow at THE NEW INSTITUTE in Hamburg, and co-convener of the Earth System Governance Project’s Working Group on Democracy. Considering the stimulating science-art interface, he initiated the “Planetary Scholars and Artists in Residence Program”. His own research revolves around the intersections of democracy and planetary change. Frederic recently published "The Politics of Deep Time", which explores how planetary temporalities can be politically institutionalized.
Clemens Finkelstein is a Research Associate at the Panel on Planetary Thinking at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, a Fellow at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and a Ph.D. candidate in the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University. He is presently completing his dissertation, “Architectures of Vibration, c. 1898,” which examines the specialized architectures of German geophysics to assess vibration as a phénoménotechnique defining colonial and environmental contamination, cultural imperialism, and the technoscientific coupling of planetary and human bodies at the edge of global warfare and ecological catastrophe.
Location
SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL, Hall for Contemporary Art
Language
English
Information for participants
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