culture

  • Salon of Open Secrets

    Salon of Open Secrets
    • Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    • Stefanie Wuschitz and Patrícia J. Reis
    • Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Wien
    • 06601412419
    • Topic: Media, Culture, Waste, Gender, Living together
    • http://www.salonofopensecrets.at/
    • Activity: Online game, discussing, experimenting
    • Location: Vienna
    It is an open secret that hardware operating on our smart devices contains not only plastic, but also conflict materials such as tungsten, tin, tantulum and gold. Technology is therefore not neutral. These resources are mined in conflict regions, assembled to electric circuits under harmful labour conditions and mostly ending up in contaminating landfills. This pollution is best understood as an enactment of ongoing colonial relations to Land.  Arts-based research...

  • On the trail of springs

    • KLAR! Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal
    • Ellensohn Lukas
    • Boden 34 - 6731 Sonntag
    • +43 5554 20010
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Weather, Land use, Culture, Geology, Water
    • https://www.grosseswalsertal.at/de/Den_Quellen_auf_der_Spur_-_Quellenkartierung_im_Biosphaerenpark_Grosses_Walsertal_2
    • Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Location: Vorarlberg, a local area
    Spring habitats in the Großes Walsertal Biosphere ReserveIn view of increasing extreme weather events, including periods of drought and consequent water shortages, the protection and knowledge of springs in the Großes Walsertal Biosphere Reserve is becoming increasingly important. In addition to their essential role in water supply, springs are often small but very important habitats for endangered organisms. The pressure to utilise and develop existing springs has increased significantly due...

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