Jonas Johnson
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Jonas Johnson posted an update 3 months ago
Hello from the field!
I wanted to share this summer course opportunity at CEU in Budapest in case any grad students are interested. I attended a previous version of this seminar on the decline of western democracies; the course has since been updated to focus on ecological themes, titled “ECOLOGY, CAPITALISM, AND DEMOCRACY.” Very…
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Ecology, Capitalism, Democracy | CEU summer course
Ecology, Capitalism, Democracy | CEU summer course
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Thanks Jonas! If you have a minute, can you also share this with the new Opportunities forum we’ve set up?
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Jonas Johnson posted an update 11 months ago
I have been thinking a lot about the “ecologies of militarism”—particularly as it is weaponized in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. I’ve always loved Forensic Architecture’s detailed exposés and the way they make use of 3D design, satellite imaging, and machine learning. I wanted to share this investigation of ecocide in the wake of the IDF ground…
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“Ecologies of militarism” as a conceptual frame also draws attention to the global interconnectedness of the capitalist and geopolitical interests that conspire to destroy our environment, push weapons of war, and restrict civilian dissent in the name of “security.” The first time I saw one of FA’s investigations was at the Whitney Biennale…
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This is such a brilliant post, thanks so much for this— gathering some ideas and will write back
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Goof stuff Jonas. I have nothing to add beyond affirmation except to say that the Weizman piece that first blew me away comes from 2006, in which he details how Israeli military officers drew extensively on the philosophy of delueze and guattari in thousand plateaus to formulate their counterinsurgency plans in Ramallah. Basically the idea was…
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Oh, I saw FA’s work at the Bienale that year too!
Along those lines, you might want to take a look at this work by artist Mary Mattingly – who we recently hosted for a conversation and Q&A on EcoArts:
https://marymattingly.com/blogs/portfolio/2018-what-happens-after
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Jonas Johnson posted a new post. a year ago
Race, Ecology, and Design: Our 2021 Seminar SeriesThe Ecological Design Collective revisits a series of conversations with artists, architects, and designers on the confronting the relationship between vernacular knowledges and ecological restoration, racism…
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Jonas Johnson posted a new event. a year ago
Vacant to Verdant? Urban Greening and Community Progress in West Baltimore [hybrid event]JHU department of anthropology colloquium presentation of Nat Adams, Johns Hopkins University PhD candidate Join us in person or virtually for this exciting presentation of Nat’s ethnography of urban green…
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Jonas Johnson posted a new event. a year ago
Beehive Design Collective presents "Mesoamérica Resiste" and "The True Cost of Coal"A swarm is coming! The Beehive Design Collective, a non-profit arts and activism organization dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots,” is heading this way to share their recently completed works.…
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Jonas Johnson posted a new event. a year ago
Artist Anastasia Samoylova (FloodZone) in conversation with Mark Alice Durant [Online]Thursday, February 8, 12 p.m., online via Webex (link to be published) Anastasia Samoylova in conversation with Mark Alice Durant Join us online for a conversation between artist Anastasia Samoylova and Mark…
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Jonas Johnson posted a new event. a year ago
Ajay Singh Chaudhary presents "The Exhausted of the Earth" in conversation w/Dharna NoorClimate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it’s about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is to be done? To answer this question, Ajay Singh…
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Jonas Johnson posted a new event. a year ago
A Conversation with Soledad Salamé [ONLINE]Join the Ecological Design Collective for a conversation with Baltimore-based visual artist Soledad Salamé on the connections she forms between ecologies and technologies in her multimedia installations. Salamé…
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Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group
a year agoECO-ARTs a year agoFor anyone in NYC!
abcnews.go.com
The first-ever climate museum in the US is welcoming visitors in NYC's Soho neighborhood
New York City's Climate Museum is welcoming visitors free of charge to its pop-up exhibit in Soho.
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Jonas Johnson posted a new event. a year ago
Tide Pool Social: Passages for a New Year [IN PERSON]Have you reckoned a thousand acres much? Have you reckoned the earth much? Have you practiced so long to learn to read? Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems? Walt Whitman Join the…
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