BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.1//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news525@kulturwissenschaft.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260904T091333 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260924T090000 SUMMARY:Rethinking Representation in the Anthropocene: Revisiting the Inter sections of Science and Politics DESCRIPTION:This workshop addresses representation\, both as a concept and a set of practices\, as it is simultaneously challenged and transformed by the global transformations captured by the concept of the Anthropocene. T wo issues\, which\, due to disciplinary differentiation\, have so far been largely discussed separately\, are brought into conversation. First\, as scholarship in Science and Technology Studies (STS) has shown\, scientific representation does not merely describe the world but calls entities asso ciated with Nature into existence—raising questions about how non-human entities are made visible and legible\, enrolled\, and stabilized through knowledge practices. Second\, as political theory and democratic thought h ave long grappled with\, political representation raises fundamental quest ions of voice\, mandate\, and standing\, and\, increasingly\, of who or wh at counts as a legitimate political subject\, i.e. how those same entities come to be recognized as actors with interests that need to be voiced and defended. In the Anthropocene\, the boundaries between science and politi cs—and thus also between scientific and political representation—are b ecoming increasingly blurred. New practices of scientific-political repres entation give rise to new epistemic entities that claim political standing : water bodies\, species\, ecosystems\, landforms\, climates\, the subterr anean. The workshop asks: What are the meanings\, practices\, and effects of representation in science and politics? How are these becoming conteste d\, reshaped and mutually constitutive in the Anthropocene? And what alter native forms of representation—conceptual and institutional—might be a dequate in a more-than-human world? \\r\\nThe workshop is organized by Ju lian Purrmann and Alain Müller (Institute of Cultural Anthropology/Europe an Ethnology at the University of Basel) together with Basil Bornemann (Un iversity of Zurich)\, and is part of the STS-CH 25th anniversary Event Ser ies. It is supported by a Scientific Exchange grant from the Swiss Nationa l Science Foundation.\\r\\nLocation
September 24: Botanik Hörsaal 00.00 3 [https://rauminfo.unibas.ch/raum/8005]\, Schönbeinstrasse 6\, 4056 Base lSeptember 25: Pharmaziemuseum\, Grosser Hörsaal [https://rauminfo.unibas .ch/raum/8099]\, Totengässlein 3\, 4051 Basel\\r\\nRegistrationPlease reg ister before September 15 2026 by writing a short Email to: anmeldung-kw@u nibas.ch [mailto:anmeldung-kw@unibas.ch]\\r\\nFor more details please see here [https://kulturwissenschaft.philhist.unibas.ch/de/aktuelles/]. X-ALT-DESC:

This workshop addresses representation\, both as a concept an d a set of practices\, as it is simultaneously challenged and transformed by the global transformations captured by the concept of the Anthropocene. Two issues\, which\, due to disciplinary differentiation\, have so far be en largely discussed separately\, are brought into conversation. First\, a s scholarship in Science and Technology Studies (STS) has shown\, scientif ic representation does not merely describe the world but calls entities as sociated with Nature into existence—raising questions about how non-huma n entities are made visible and legible\, enrolled\, and stabilized throug h knowledge practices. Second\, as political theory and democratic thought have long grappled with\, political representation raises fundamental que stions of voice\, mandate\, and standing\, and\, increasingly\, of who or what counts as a legitimate political subject\, i.e. how those same entiti es come to be recognized as actors with interests that need to be voiced a nd defended. In the Anthropocene\, the boundaries between science and poli tics—and thus also between scientific and political representation—are becoming increasingly blurred. New practices of scientific-political repr esentation give rise to new epistemic entities that claim political standi ng: water bodies\, species\, ecosystems\, landforms\, climates\, the subte rranean. The workshop asks: What are the meanings\, practices\, and effect s of representation in science and politics? How are these becoming contes ted\, reshaped and mutually constitutive in the Anthropocene? And what alt ernative forms of representation—conceptual and institutional—might be adequate in a more-than-human world? \;

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The workshop is organ ized by Julian Purrmann and Alain Müller (Institute of Cultural Anthropol ogy/European Ethnology at the University of Basel) together with Basil Bor nemann (University of Zurich)\, and is part of the STS-CH 25th anniversary Event Series. It is supported by a Scientific Exchange grant from the Swi ss National Science Foundation.

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Location

September 24: Botanik Hörsaal 00.003\, Schönbeinstrasse 6\, 4056 Basel
September 25: Pharmaziem useum\, Grosser Hörsaal\, Totengässlein 3\, 4051 Basel

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Re gistration
Please register before September 15 2026 by writing a short Email to: anmeldung-kw@uniba s.ch

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For more details please see here.

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