Author Julie Doyle
An Open Forum on Art and Activism: Extractivism and the “Green Transition.” 8 June 2023, 4-6pm, Project Space, Phoenix Art Space, 10–14 Waterloo Place Brighton, BN2 9NB Laboratorio de Artes Gráficas del Desierto de Atacama, an art project from the Atacama Desert,… Continue Reading →
‘Structures of Community’ Symposium, Brighton CCA, supported by CSECP, 18th January 2023 Set in the context of Summer House by RESOLVE Collective, an exhibition at Brighton CCA, this second edition in the series of Structures of Community responded to the work… Continue Reading →
We are delighted to welcome Dr Nazry Bahrawi from the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, USA, as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics from 1 April to 30 June 2023…. Continue Reading →
Centre members Rebecca Elmhirst, Dian Ekowati, Alice Owen and Elona M.Hoover have contributed to an exciting new open access edited book collection, Contours of Feminist Political Ecology (2023, Palgrave Macmillan). Co-edited by Rebecca Elmhirst, with collaborative chapter contributions from Elmhirst, Ekowati, Owen… Continue Reading →
The Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics was delighted to co-host J.T. Roane’s talk about his new book, Dark Agoras: Insurgent Black Social Life and the Politics of Place, on 18 January at the University of Brighton, UK. J.T Roane’s full talk can… Continue Reading →
by Arabel Lebrusan On the afternoon of 4th June 2022, I invited curator Sophie J Williamson and artist Xavier Ribas to an online conversation chaired by CSECP Deputy Director Katy Beinart, where we discussed each of our practices in relation… Continue Reading →
By Arabel Lebrusan Extractivist Soil For the second part of my Visiting Fellowship research — (see the first part here)— my intention was to explore if handling soil/toxic soil would activate individuals. In the context of “vibrant matter” (Jane… Continue Reading →
Image: Five dogs undergoing experiments on gastric secretion in the Physiology Department, Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg. Photograph, 1904. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark By Matt Adams Animals have always played an integral part in our culture and society, and as… Continue Reading →
Image: ‘Observing Extraction’. Photograph of Xavier Ribas and Ignacio Acosta at work, which gives a glimpse of the scale of lithium mining (photo: Louise Purbrick) by Louise Purbrick Frozen Future is the shortened title of Solid Water, Frozen Time, Future Justice,… Continue Reading →
Water has many practical and symbolic meanings, across cultures, geographies and identities. As part of the 2022 Brighton Fringe, I had the joy of collaborating on behalf of the Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics, with Lilith Film Club… Continue Reading →
“Harvesting empathy and coping with ecological grief through touching” Thursday 7th July – 2:00pm-7:00pm – Open to all, drop in anytime during these times Sunday 10th July – 2:00pm-7:00pm – Open to all, drop in anytime during these times At Fishing… Continue Reading →
CSECP are pleased to invite you to join artist/researcher Elona Hoover at ONCA gallery in Brighton to hear about her creative exploration of the political aesthetics of urban commoning. Concrete is a curious material. It can be moulded, reinforced, it… Continue Reading →
Collaborative writing and feminist practice workshop Tuesday 19th July, 2pm to 5pm Grand Parade, University of Brighton, Room G4 Free event – booking required. Join this half-day workshop to explore practices of collaborative writing with CSECP post-doc Dr Elona Hoover, who… Continue Reading →
Please join us at Common Threads, the second international conference on Black and Asian British Women’s Writing on 21-23 July, University of Brighton. Following the inaugural conference of the Black British Women’s Writing Network (BBWWN) at the University of Brighton in 2014,… Continue Reading →
April 2022 Research on climate communications by CSECP‘s Co-Director, Julie Doyle, has informed the recommendations for climate mitigation activities in the UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group III (2022). Published every five to… Continue Reading →
‘Exploring water through film’ workshop Organised by Lilith Archive & Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics Part of the Brighton Fringe Workshop date: 21 May 2022 16:00 – 18:00 Event location: ONCA Barge, Brighton Marina, The Waterfront, BN2… Continue Reading →
Image by Markus Winkler on Pexels Commentary written by Alan Tomlinson, March 2022 Following the death in early January 2022 of the investigative journalist Andrew Jennings, German investigative reporter Jens Weinreich led a tremendous networking, organizational and editorial initiative, stimulating… Continue Reading →
Photo by History in HD on Unsplash CSECP member Francesca Kilpatrick has written a new article reflecting on the value of framing climate change as a security issue, for Rethinking Security, a network of UK-based organisations, academics and activists working… Continue Reading →
We are delighted to welcome James Jackson as a Visiting Doctoral Student in the Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics from April-June 2022. James is a political economist visiting from the University of Sheffield and the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute… Continue Reading →
Welcome to CSECP Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Adi Kuntsman
We are delighted to welcome Dr Adi Kuntsman from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, as Visiting Research Fellow in the Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics from 1 June to 31 July 2023. Dr Kunstman is a Reader in Digital Politics,… Continue Reading →