Preview meeting
March 21, 2025, 4:00-6 pm CET
This zoom-based meeting is part of the research initiation effort within the Critical-Connective Tissue initiative (and the associated broader capacity building). See the description of the initiative for more information. The meeting will inform the in-place workshop that is planned for later through new conversations based on inventorying people, perspectives and resources, and through soliciting input and pointers. It is thus a small-scale but important preview session meant to influence future directions. The event is invitation-only (but new invitations can be issued, see below).
The invited contributors (whether in the program or not) bring a wealth of experience from different initiatives, emerging research on transversal knowledge production, intellectual and societal issues, and a broad curiosity-driven and social engagement.
The format will be a mix of sample 1-1 conversations, brief interludes, and a final demo roundtable. There will be no slides or reading of papers. Participants will be asked to provide input/pointers to the in-place workshop and the continued process.
Event curatorship by Patrik Svensson. The program has been shaped to facilitate a curated conversation with a number of great participants, which means that time keeping will have to be strict and that there has been a curatorial choice not to make the session interactive through questions and answers etc. We will, however, use the chat function to solicit input, ideas, pointers, and comments (key to the meeting), and are committed to write these up as part of a longer narrative and extended dialogue (possibly later part of a publication), of course after checking with the contributors. There will also be opportunities to provide ideas, comments and feedback after the meeting.
The meeting will be recorded but will not be made public (will only be used by the organizers).
Program (subject to change)
WELCOME!
Opening conversation
Patrik Svensson (curator/moderator) with Maria Engberg, Malmö University, Ron Broglio, Arizona State University, and others
Shaping more humane futures (opening the workshop)
Jeffrey Cohen, Dean of Humanities, ASU
PART I (MAKING)
Making change through the new humanities (sample conversation 1)
Sally Kitch, ASU
Todd Presner, UCLA
Making humane worlds (sample conversation 2)
Craig Calhoun, ASU
Erica Robles-Anderson, New York University
Recentering making (interlude 1)
Noopur Raval, UCLA
PART II (MECHANICS)
Working difficulties and polarities (sample conversation 3)
Karen Bradshaw, ASU
Alison Gerber, Lund University
On intangibles (interlude 2)
Jason Bruner, ASU
Crossing epistemological boundaries (sample conversation 4)
Sofia Lundmark, Södertörn University
Matt Ratto, University of Toronto
PART III (CAPACITY)
From infrastructure to capacity (interlude 3)
Patrik Svensson
Realizing capacities with/through universities (demo roundtable)
Joni Adamson, ASU
Ainehi Edoro, UW-Madison
David Theo Goldberg, UC Irvine
Sha Xin Wei, ASU
Attending
Please send an email to patrik@patriksv.com if you are intersted in attending the zoom meeting March 21, 4:00-6 pm CET. Please indicate interest and where you are coming from (much appreciated). If there is availability you will be sent a link in advance of the event. There is no need to sign up if you have already been in dialogue with the organizers.
People (so far)
Joni Adamson, Arizona State University [web]
Nina Berman, Arizona State Univeristy [web]
Karen Bradshaw, Arizona State University [web]
Ron Broglio, Arizona State University [web]
Jason Bruner, Arizona State University [web]
Craig Calhoun, Arizona State Uniersity [web]
Jeffrey Cohen, Arizona State University [web]
Ainehi Edoro, UW-Madison [web]
David Theo Goldberg, UC Irvine [web]
Alison Gerber, Lund University [web]
Maria Engberg, Malmö University [web]
Erik Isberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology [web]
Christopher Jones, ASU [web]
Sally Kitch, Arizona State University [web]
Jaime Lee Kirtz, Arizona State University [web]
Sofia Lundmark, Södertörn University [web]
Todd Presner, UCLA [web]
Matt Ratto, University of Toronto [web]
Noopur Raval, UCLA [web]
Bo Reimer, Malmö University [web]
Erica Robles-Anderson, New York University [web]
Sha Xin Wei, Arizona State University [web]
Patrik Svensson, curator and writer [web]
Sverker Sörlin, KTH Royal Institute of Technology [web]