
This post is part of our series of blog entries based on our RMA students’ engagements with the Lutkemeerpolder. For a more general introduction to the series, click here. Author: Sarah On one visit to the polder, we had a leisurely walk around the surroundings, exploring roads and walking paths. The…

Author: Lucía Gennari This post is part of our series of blog entries based on our RMA students’ engagements with the Lutkemeerpolder. For a more general introduction to the series, click here. In one of our class sessions, we had a thought-provoking discussion with an expert on transdisciplinary and participatory research.…

Author: Lucia Gennari In April, our group decided to take a more comprehensive tour around the surroundings of Lutkemeer, visiting nearby parks, gardens, and cycling paths. This exploration allowed us to immerse ourselves in the natural beauty of the polder and meet both human and nonhuman beings that inhabit or…

This post is part of our series of blog entries based on our RMA students’ engagements with the Lutkemeerpolder. For a more general introduction to the series, click here. Author: Hannah Heath My first impression of the Lutkemeerpolder is that of a place of slow growth, manifested in its eco-farming and…

Note: This post is part of our series of blog entries based on our RMA students’ engagements with the Lutkemeerpolder. For a more general introduction to the series, click here. Author: Emrys Karlas Since I grew up near the city’s western border, my familiarity with the Lutkemeerpolder began long before…

Image: Raden Saleh, Boschbrand. 1849, National Gallery Singapore. On 13 June, prof. dr. Jacqueline Bel (VU) organizes a symposium on the Dutch author Multatuli and the animal kingdom. EHC board member Kristine Steenbergh will present on “the worms in the sago palm.” The symposium is in Dutch. Please sign up…

Our next lunch lecture event will feature two PhD researchers. Lisa Ausic, Phd Candidate in anthropology, VU Amsterdam: Vegetalizing the body, vegetalizing the self: Shipibo-Konibo herbalism, “people-making” and interspecies sameness in the Peruvian Amazon Luca Filaci, PhD Candidate in philosophy, University of Cagliari: Intrinsic animality and relational immanence: Possible paths…

Lutkemeer Reflections With the students of our ‘Environmental Humanities’ Master’s Program, the Environmental Humanities Center is engaging with the pressing case of the Amsterdam Lutkemeerpolder. Situated at the western border of Amsterdam, the polder holds the last agricultural ground of the city. However, the municipality has decided to transform it…

Join us for our series of Lunch Lectures hosted by the Environmental Humanities Center. In this session on April 9, Dr. Madhura Rao from the Athena Institute will be discussing her research on food systems with the lecture “Eating in an Era of Radical Food Innovation: Reflections on the Changing Meanings of…

EHC and ASI invite you to the Transitions Workshop on November 1st! The keynote lecture will be given by Derk Loorbach, followed by paper presentations by young researchers along the themes of perceptions, policy, and practice of transitions. Registration via the link this post! NOTE changed location: Internationaal Instituut voor…