Nettsider med emneord «ecology»

roots, soil, tree
Publisert 20. feb. 2024 16:16

This month we'll be joined by the research associate professor at the University of Grenoble Alps Céline Granjou to discuss her research on the politics and science of soil.

An aerial view of a cotton field with a yellow ball in the middle
Publisert 17. nov. 2023 21:37

The SOILS team is excited to welcome Tommaso Trevisani, Associate Professor of Societies and Cultures of Central Asia at the L’Orientale University of Naples, as the presenter for the reading group.

Two hands filled with black soil. Photo
Publisert 18. sep. 2023 11:01

The SOILS team is excited to welcome Researcher Lisa Sigl and Associate Professor Max Fochler as the presenters for the reading group. 

Green leaves and brown soil. Photo.
Publisert 18. sep. 2023 11:00

The SOILS team is excited to welcome Associate Professor of Anthropology Kristina Lyons as the presenter for the reading group.

Photo of exposed underground root system. Small volcanic granulates and roots are visible. Light brown colored soil. 
Publisert 2. feb. 2023 09:42

SOILS welcome Professor Daniel Richter from Duke University to this reading group session. 

Picture of a pen against a rocky surface. The pen is black on one end, and metallic on the other.
Publisert 7. des. 2022 12:34

SOILS is thrilled to welcome Associate Professor David Ribes from the University of Washington for this session.

calcified rock formations in didfferent shades of grey. Circular shapes, with some green mossy growths at the top of the picture.
Publisert 7. des. 2022 12:26

Welcome to our first SOILS Reading Group Session! We are very happy that Professor Alexandra (Alex) Toland will be our first guest.

Insect on soil with baby worms. The centipede is darker brown and mesh with the dark soil, whilst its baby worms are cream white.
Publisert 7. des. 2022 11:44

For this session of the SOILS Reading Group, we are delighted that Associate Professor Maria Puig de la Bellacasa will join us. 

Close-up photo from the side of a hill. Red clay-soils that consist of larger rocks and tree roots vining through the soils.
Publisert 7. des. 2022 11:42

Welcome to the final SOILS Reading Group of the semester. In this session we are joined by anthropologist Germain Meulemans. 

Mushrooms cropping up between two pieces of wood.
Publisert 28. sep. 2022 14:34

How do we maintain or restore the diverse functions and processes in soil that foster soil resilience and provide a buffer against climate-change induced changes? In this highly interactive and sensory workshop, natural historian and environmental photographer Dr. Alison Pouliot, provide an overview of the vital significance of fungi in soils.

Mushrooms cropping up between pieces of wood.
Publisert 28. sep. 2022 14:33

Many of a forest's vital processes happen beneath the soil, out of sight. However, their are clues to the clandestine collaborations between fungi and plants and animals. In this walkshop, natural historian and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot, takes us deep into the forest to discover its diversity, explore ideas and rethink fungus-forest lives.

Publisert 7. juni 2022 10:44
Compiled photo. On the left Eben Kirksey, on the right is a model with viral shape
Publisert 2. mai 2022 17:39

In this lecture, the Medical Humanities and the Environmental Humanities meet. Associate Professor Eben Kirksey from the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University, Australia, will introduce us to the "virosphere".

Several twigs with sprouting buds.
Publisert 14. jan. 2022 15:31

New OSEH Associate Professor II, Michelle Bastian, will discuss her current fellowship project which will build connections with phenology, the study of lifecycle timing in plants and animals, and humanities research.  

Image contains cattle in a small compound of grass. Palmtrees in the back.
Publisert 22. jan. 2021 15:20

Morris' project Communing with Others: Multispecies Entanglements in Mexican Ecovillages focuses on the emergent ecovillage movement in Mexico, exploring how people imagine, construct, and inhabit intentional, ecologically-oriented communities.