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I've just published another post on #AnotherPlanet, this time explaining why I find #planetaryrings so interesting to think about and with – and start to sketch how attending closely to them might extend ideas of #newmaterialism and 'nonorganic life'.
medium.com/anotherplane...
An image of the planet Saturn with its rings, on which are superimposed one of Ramon Llull's circular figures, listing in Latin the 'dignities' or divine attributes: Goodness, Wisdom, Glory, Simplicity, Greatness, Will, Perfection, Nobility, Eternity, Virtue, Justice, Mercy, Power, Truth, Generosity, Dominion.
I've been awarded a Fellowship at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, to develop a speculative astrophysics of #planetaryrings, viewing them through late-medieval thought— especially the ideas of the extraordinary mystical philosopher #RamonLlull. Read more here: medium.com/anotherplane...
23.01.2026 10:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This year I'm excited to be working with a great group of student interns advancing our interdisciplinary project on self-organisation in planetary rings. Come to our showcase at InfoLab21 room C60b/c, Lancaster University UK, Friday 6 June, 13.00-16.00. ringmind.org.
16.05.2025 11:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m looking forward to doing a talk about deep, planetary time at the University of Southampton on 11 March, hosted by PIRS pirs.soton.ac.uk, Building 44, Room 1087, 12.00-13.00 - I'll argue that it's a far more complex and rich idea than recognised by either proponents or critics. All welcome!
27.02.2025 12:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Here's a summary: "attending closely to things that drift, whether living or non-living, can reveal something profound about the planet which gives rise to them and to their motion, and give us clues to a planetary ethic that extends beyond the human, the animal and even beyond the living".
03.02.2025 10:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A while back I did a performance of my 'Drift as a planetary phenomenon' for the excellent Panel on Planetary Thinking at the University of Gießen (www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties...). They've now released the video (40 mins).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YWo...
I'm delighted to be one of the keynote speakers at 'Nature Strikes Back: Being Human on Technologized Earth', Prague, 12-13 June 2025. Papers at the intersection of the philosophy of technology and environmental philosophy invited (deadline 12 January). www.nature-strikes-back.eu
27.11.2024 10:32 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
