The Ecological Design Collective (EDC) invites proposals for a curated digital series exploring the themes of Reimagining Land—an ongoing 2024–2025 itinerary that critically examines how land is shaped, contested, and reimagined through ecological, historical, and creative practices.
Through this initiative, EDC seeks to engage with land as both a material and symbolic space—one that carries histories of dispossession and resistance, ecological transformation, and speculative futures. Reimagining Land considers land not just as territory, property, or resource but as a site of deep cultural, political, and environmental entanglement. By fostering dialogue among artists, writers, designers, activists, and scholars, this series aims to open new ways of thinking about how we inhabit, use, and care for land in the face of ongoing social and ecological change.
These virtual practitioner conversations, taking place in March, April, and May 2025, will extend the themes of Reimagining Land into an online space, complementing EDC’s Groundings series, which explores Baltimore’s ecology, history, and contemporary place-making efforts through experiential, site-based events.
What We Are Looking For
We seek proposals for practitioner conversations—discussions featuring individuals whose work engages with land in creative, critical, or experimental ways. We invite artists, designers, writers, scholars, and activists who are thinking, writing, or making in conversation with Reimagining Land. These one-hour virtual events will provide a space for in-depth dialogue on the evolving relationships between people, place, and environment.
Event Support
- The EDC will host each event on our virtual platform.
- EDC will assist with marketing materials and advertise the event across our networks.
- Organizers will receive a $200 honorarium for their participation.
- These conversations will be modeled after past EDC events, such as our discussion with artist Asad Raza.
Submission Guidelines
To propose a conversation, please send the following to collective@ecodesigncollective.org :
- A brief description (300 words max) of the conversation’s focus and its connection to Reimagining Land.
- A short bio of the proposed practitioner.
- Any relevant links or materials showcasing their work.
We encourage submissions from individuals and groups whose work critically and creatively engages with the politics, poetics, and materiality of land.
For more details on Reimagining Land, visit: https://ecodesigncollective.org/reimagining-land-a-2024-25-edc-itinerary/.
We look forward to your proposals!