We are not above: An online lecture series on mapping the earth from inside

In this era marked by multiple crises—pandemics, climate breakdown, soil degradation, etc.— the Earth transcends its role as a mere stage; it has evolved into – indeed, it always was – an active participant, challenging, thus, the conventional perception of the world as “around us”. It is imperative that we reimagine the Earth in the context of our (co)existence. To achieve this, a fundamental shift in orientation is necessary. We have to reposition ourselves within the critical zone and cultivate awareness of the interconnected, more-than-human relationships within the planetary web of life. Mapping a planet under multi-crises condition demands critical cartographers to develop sensitivity, along with ecological affectivity and transcultural tact.

For more information on each lecture, please visit the homepage: We are not above.

This lecture series is offered as an Open Class in Ulysseus. In this case, the physical space will become a digital space, but it will be open beyond the boundaries of academia and freely accessible via a Zoom link.

The lecture series revolves around approaches such as Sensorial Mapping, Pluriversal Mapping, Body Mapping, Indigenous Mapping, Deep Mapping and Speculative Mapping, among others, from fields like art, activism, architecture and geography.

• 6 May (16:00 – 18:00) – “Sensibility Mapping”
• 20 May (16:00 – 18:00) – “Between indigenous anti-mining struggles, bodymapping and cosmovisions – A school of territorial resistance”
• 3 June (16:00 – 18:00) – “Sensorial cartography applied to embodied ecologies – Mapping territories as we experience it, from our body to the toxicity of our living spaces”
• 24 June (16:00 – 18:00) – “Experimental Pluriversal Mapping of Spacetime in Spiral – Insights into speculative cartography exercises”
• 8 July (16:00 – 18:00) – “Terra Forma – Speculative Mapping”