On 3 June, the ISC lab organized a panel on the impacts of COVID-19 on global and local (im)mobility. Panelists Luciana Massaro (UNICAMP/VU Amsterdam) and Jorge Calvimontes (UNICAMP) wrote the following blog, which captures the main points of their presentation. … Lees verder
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Panel on COVID-19 and mobility
The ISC research lab of the Institute for Societal Resilience cordially invites you to the panel Covid 19: A Global Crisis of Infrastructures, Sustainability and Commons, taking place online on 3 June at 15.00 hours (Amsterdam time). Far from being … Lees verder
International project Gold Matters
ISC lab member Marjo de Theije was interviewed by the Dutch Science Organization (NWO) for her work in the Gold Matters project. See the full text here.
Sustainable Small-Scale Gold Mining? On the promises and politics of sustainable extraction
The Gold Matters project and the Infrastructure, Sustainability and Commons Lab of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam co-organized a panel on the relationship between small-scale gold mining and sustainability, taking place at the XVII International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & … Lees verder
ISC lab receives KNAW grant
We are very pleased to announce that the research lab of Infrastructure, Sustainability & Commons (ISC) has received an award from the Pilot Fund for Science Communication of the KNAW (the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences). The KNAW … Lees verder
ISR-ISC WEBINAR: Ethnographic Encounters with Morality, Crisis and Extractivism in Venezuela
Double-digit inflation, over 5 million refugees, and a political deadlock with no easy solutions: The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela boggles the mind. In this ISR webinar, Iselin Åsedotter Strønen (University of Bergen), Eva van Roekel (Vrije Universiteit), Marjo de Theije … Lees verder
Ethnographic Encounters with Morality, Crisis and Extractivism in Venezuela
The complex humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has caused more than five million Venezuelans to flee their country. In turn, Venezuelans who stay have developed multiple subsistence strategies, which include remittances, emergency gold extraction and the resale of dollars and gasoline. … Lees verder