BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-speculative-ecologies-the-future-of-urban-wastelands DTSTAMP:20251214T155121Z DTSTART:20260120T160000Z SUMMARY:Speculative ecologies: The future of urban wastelands DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nUrban wastelands are spaces of botanical discovery a nd collective memory. Ruins\, former railway yards\, abandoned military si tes\, and other wasteland spaces have produced a profusion of plants and a nimals\, and have afforded a place for other-than-human life in the concep tion of urban spacesĄ¯ inhabitation. In this presentation\, I will trace the histories\, contemporary forms\, and prospective futures of wasteland spaces. Drawing on fieldwork from various sites\, including Berlin and Lux embourg\, I will discuss responses to wasteland spaces from early geobotan ical studies to more recent scientific\, artistic\, and architectural expe riments. I will conclude by questioning the efficacy of current nature con servation policies and other tools to counter the rapid loss of these seem ingly vacant spaces in the context of speculative development.\nBio\nSandr a Jasper is?a professor of geography?and holds the Chair in Cultural Geo graphy and Society-Environment Research at?Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-N¨šrnberg (FAU)\, where she leads the Society-Environment Resear ch Group.\nBetween 2020 and 2024\, she was a junior professor for geograph y and gender studies at Humboldt University of Berlin. She holds a PhD fro m University College London and joined the Geography Department at HU in 2 020 from Cambridge University\, where she was a postdoctoral?researcher o n the ERC project?Rethinking Urban Nature.\nHer research interests are in cultural\, urban\, and environmental geography\, with a particular focus on urban nature\, wastelands\, and infrastructure\, sonic geographies\, an d?feminist theory. She is also a filmmaker and has co-authored and co-pro duced the documentary film Natura Urbana: The Brachen of Berlin.?Her new AHRC-DFG funded project Networked through Sound: Listening to 20th Century Wildlife Sound Archives examines the history of European wildlife sound r ecording.\nMore information\n https://www.rethinkingurbannature.org/ https://www.naturaurbana.org/ https://www.dfg.de/en/news/news-topi cs/announcements-proposals/2024/ifr-24-110 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

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Urban wa stelands are spaces of botanical discovery and collective memory. Ruins\, former railway yards\, abandoned military sites\, and other wasteland spac es have produced a profusion of plants and animals\, and have afforded a p lace for other-than-human life in the conception of urban spacesĄ¯ inhabi tation. In this presentation\, I will trace the histories\, contemporary f orms\, and prospective futures of wasteland spaces. Drawing on fieldwork f rom various sites\, including Berlin and Luxembourg\, I will discuss respo nses to wasteland spaces from early geobotanical studies to more recent sc ientific\, artistic\, and architectural experiments. I will conclude by qu estioning the efficacy of current nature conservation policies and other t ools to counter the rapid loss of these seemingly vacant spaces in the con text of speculative development.

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Bio

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Sand ra Jasper is \;a professor of geography \;and holds the Chair in C ultural Geography and Society-Environment Research at \;Friedrich Alex ander University Erlangen-N¨šrnberg (FAU)\, where she leads the Society-En vironment Research Group.

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Between 2020 and 2024\, she was a junior professor for geography and gender studies at Humboldt University of Berl in. She holds a PhD from University College London and joined the Geograph y Department at HU in 2020 from Cambridge University\, where she was a pos tdoctoral \;researcher on the ERC project \;Rethinking Urban Natur e.

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Her research interests are in cultural\, urban\, and environmen tal geography\, with a particular focus on urban nature\, wastelands\, and infrastructure\, sonic geographies\, and \;feminist theory. She is al so a filmmaker and has co-authored and co-produced the documentary film Na tura Urbana: The Brachen of Berlin. \;Her new AHRC-DFG funded project Networked through Sound: Listening to 20th Century Wildlife Sound Archives examines the history of European wildlife sound recording.

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