Paula Serafini

💫 New publication! Drafts in Action: Concepts and Practices of Artistic Intervention.

My chapter "Collective Performance and the Cuerpo-territorio" reflects on the possibilities and limitations of expanded uses of cuerpo-territorio as a framework of political analysis. #performance #artactivism

🦋 just out! ‘Aesthetic and affective practices in Latin American feminist movements: transnational perspectives from the intersection of art, activism and research’ 🦋

With Konstantina Bousmpoura for ‘Utopias of Sustainability–The Sustainability of Utopias.’ series.morlacchilibri.com/index.php/mo...

‘I don’t want my training to go to waste’: the Argentinian scientists working side jobs amid Milei’s sweeping cuts Javier Milei’s government’s punishing budget cuts have forced researchers to take up work as electricians, school teachers or Uber drivers

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws.

Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.

This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.

Rights in Dialogue: Voices in Art and Activism Podcast · Art Rights Truth · Rights in Dialogue puts human rights practitioners and artists in conversation to discuss the most urgent possibilities and challenges for artistic intervention in human r...

Happy to see the launch of this new podcast emerging from the Art Rights Truth project @york.ac.uk I took part in the first episode, where we discussed #artactivism in #humanrights work, including cases from #Argentina #Palestine and beyond open.spotify.com/show/0OfNjWo...

Supporting sustainability in film: Queen Mary academic leads cultural-environmental impact in Argentina

Last month we were in Malargüe, Mendoza with colleagues from UNTREF & Nómadas for a project involving a film festival and rural communities promoting the practice of transhumance. Transhumance has great cultural & ecological value, but is under threat of disappearing www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Our end of the year event is just two weeks away! Over two days and four sessions, we will be covering the social and environmental aspects of the AI industry, including the politics and methodologies for researching AI. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

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Image from collective mapping of challenges faced by cultural workers in Argentina wanting to engage with the materiality of their work

Fresh out of the oven! My latest on cultural extractivism and the possibilities for socioecologial transformation in and through culture doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... part of a special issue of Geoforum edited by @gselgas.bsky.social and Henrik Ernstson

And you can access the guide for sustainable management of cultural organisations (in Spanish) here tr.ee/tFML_YU5v9

You can access the podcast on digital extractivism (in Spanish) by FUTURX here tr.ee/yJI7UwnKdu

The projects are: a podcast on digital extractivism by FUTURX, a Guide for sustainable management of cultural organisations by Nómadas, and Bosque Simbionte, a guided walk for artists to learn from the fungi world led by Festival Funga.

You can follow MUTUA’s work on Instagram: @mutua.lab

YouTube video by Programa Cultura y Ambiente LABORATORIO MUTUA 2024

MUTUA is a collaboration between QMUL (UK) and UNTREF (Argentina) that engages in interdisciplinary research and action on culture and the environment. This short film gathers testimonies from the 2024 MUTUA Lab, which resulted in 3 commissioned projects youtu.be/0NAesOPTiEg?...

Happy to be part of this imaginative project in dark times. Loads of stimulating projects and writing!

On May 20th, AARG is organizing a round table about the multiple crisis of higher education. This event aims to reposition this specific crisis in relation to other crises, students’ debts, cost of living crisis, University governance crisis, crisis of the welfare state … registration link 👇

If you're being approached by SOAS to do marking, be aware that the SOAS tutors are on a marking boycott & you're being asked to scab mark (managers don't feel they should be transparent about it)

hardship fund: gofund.me/71598ef7&sa=...
template motion: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My latest article (in Spanish) with Gabriela Merlinsky for Crisol. A short piece titled "Arte, ecología política y conflictividad ambiental en América Latina." Free to download here: crisol.parisnanterre.fr/index.php/cr...

‘The forests are going up in flames – so is the rule of law’: Argentina’s climate of fear Wildfires are devastating Patagonia. In response, Argentinian authorities are removing environmental protections and raiding Indigenous communities

‘The forests are going up in flames – so is the rule of law’: Argentina’s climate of fear www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Petrochemical transitions: a dialogue on industrial, geopolitical & sustainability transformations with Alice Mah and Adam Hanieh — CLaSP Blog Petrochemical transitions: a dialogue on industrial, geopolitical and sustainability transformations The event brings together two leading scholars – Adam Hanieh and Alice Mah – whose shared focus on...

🗣️ EVENT: Join us at CLaSP on 13 March for a dialogue between two leading scholars of the global fossil fuel economy - Alice Mah & Adam Hanieh - on 'Petrochemical Transitions'. Register for a free ticket:

www.claspblog.org/events/petro...

Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

My review of Joan Martínez-Alier’s latest book for @clasp-qmul.bsky.social

Donate to International Solidarity Fund for Argentina Fires, organized by Territorio de Ideas [Español abajo] International solidarity fund for Argentina fire… Territorio de Ideas needs your support for International Solidarity Fund for Argentina Fires

Patagonia is burning. What did the libertarian government do? Cut funds for firefighters. Who is being blamed? Indigenous land defenders. Who will likely benefit from this? Local and foreign real estate magnates. www.gofundme.com/f/internatio...

A short piece on the latest in the resistance to Milei’s programme in Argentina

Book round-up: Latest works by CLaSP members — CLaSP Blog A compilation of recent books by CLaSP members “just in time” for teaching. This is the first of many posts highlighting the extremely rich work of CLaSP members. The recent books listed below cov...

📚 Book round-up: browse some of the recent book publications from CLaSP members. Topics from supply chains, agricultural labour, artistic production & activism and more www.claspblog.org/blogposts/g9...

Gaming Workers Unionising to tackle the gaming industry — CLaSP Blog Tracing exploitation in the gaming industry, Jamie Woodcock highlights the organising by workers in the industry and the model it provides for organising in non-union work sectors.

📣 New on the CLaSP blog!

Tracing exploitation in the gaming industry, Jamie Woodcock highlights the organising by workers in the industry and the model it provides for organising in non-union work sectors.

www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ga...

The Guardian view on Argentina’s austerity year: painful cuts, rising poverty and a geopolitical gamble | Editorial Editorial: In his first 12 months Javier Milei has imposed drastic economic measures – sparking protests while banking on an IMF bailout

A good summary of some aspects of Milei’s first year in power (note: the protests on June 12 were not violent, the orchestrated repression was) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Home Truths: Behind the Scenes Round Table | Museum of the Home Home Truths: Behind the Scenes Round Table - Ever wondered how exhibitions come to life? Join us for an exclusive round table discussion with our Museum curators and producers, alongside leading schol...

I’ll be taking part of this event on Feb 6th looking at the possibilities and challenges of curatorial practice in relation to community engagement and decolonial action, organised by @museumofthehome.bsky.social www.museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/eve...