Launch ERC project 'VITALGREENHOUSE'
The Humanities Cluster is excited to invite you to the kick-off event of the ERC project “Greenhouses as Vital Landscapes: Sustainability, Relationality, and the Future of Food” (VITALGREENHOUSE).
The project, “Greenhouses as Vital Landscapes: Sustainability, Relationality, and the Future of Food” (VITALGREENHOUSE), led by Meertens researcher Dr. Rebeca Ibáñez Martín, focuses on sustainability transitions in European horticultural greenhouses in relation to mobility, especially flows of migrant workers, the circulation of non-human entities, and technological interventions and innovations. The project asks the question: in what different, contradictory ways is the concept of sustainability conceived and put into practice in greenhouses?
If you are planning to attend, RSVP by filling the form below. There is a limited number of people for the venue, so please register! Also, to make sure we have enough sandwiches and drinks!
Programme
The conference will start with an introduction about the project and a keynote lecture by Manuel Tironi (Universidad Católica de Chile) about Soil Care, Local Knowledge, and the Limits of Agroecology. After the keynote there will be 4 sessions on the topics of industrial animal farming, foodscapes in the Netherlands, soil ecologies and legacies of plantations, and mobilities of labour and food. Read the full programme here.
Practical
- 09:30-17:30 Public launch event
- 16:30-17:30 Drinks
- Location: IISH, MaxNettlau Room
- Entrance: it's free but please register here
