On this page you can find the papers presenters that will be participating in the two parallel sessions on May 7th. The presenters are listed by their session on this page. Please click here to see all presenter listed in alphabetical order by last name.
We have tried to curate the sessions in a way that in a way that we would have a nice mix of online and onsite participants in each session. As the topics of the presentations are different and rich, we tried to make sure that each session would have some common threads while honoring their diversity.
Please note this is a provisional schedule and subject to change.
May 7 10:45-12:30 (UTC+3)
Session A
Saman Sobhani, Aberystwyth University (Online)
Abstract title: An Inclusive Framework: Integrating Multispecies Justice into Environmental Urban Policies
Co-authors: Prof. Mike Christie (Aberystwyth University), Co- Prof. Nora Fagerholm and (Associate Professor, University of Turku), etc.
Svetoslava Toncheva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Online)
Abstract title: Multispecies constitutionality: Governing human-wildlife interaction in the Anthropocene
AJ Hudson, Oxford University (Onsite)
Abstract title: Pablo’s Hippos
Maria Helena Saari, University of Oulu (Onsite)
Abstract title: Navigating the feasibility of multispecies justice across governance in Finland
Co-Author: Valtteri Aaltonen (University of Helsinki)
Satu Aavanranta, University of Helsinki (Onsite)
Abstract title: Multispecies City Futures
Co-authors: Prof. Christopher Raymond (University of Helsinki), Associate Prof. Josephine Gillespie (The University of Sydney), and Dr Jonathan Carruthers-Jones (University of Helsinki)
Tom Royer, University of Lapland / Arctic Centre (Onsite)
Abstract title: Regulation of Commercial Spaceports and Multispecies Justice: Re-Centring Non-Human Interests in the Arctic as a Commercial Space Hub
Session B
Philip Harms, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (Online)
Abstract title: Speaking as a river – Introducing multispecies role-playing games for urban sustainability planning
Co-authors: Neelakshi Joshi (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development) and Stefan Knauß (Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Stefan Knauss, Just Transition Center (JTC), MLU-Halle-Wittenberg (Onsite)
Abstract title: Exploring de-colonial and multi-value deliberation trough more- than-human roleplays – learning from workshops for urban planning
Co-authors: Neelakshi Joshi (Dresden) and Philipp Harms (Dresden)
Sara Zaman, University of Helsinki (Onsite)
Abstract title: Partial connections of the more-than-human smart city: A Forum Play study
Katri Vihma, University of Helsinki (Onsite)
Abstract title: Storytelling modernity/coloniality and pluriverse: Glimpses from-within the European Rights of Nature Tribunal
Paul Rogers, Western Aspen Alliance, Utah State University (Onsite)
Abstract title: Pando Speaks Up: A Famed Aspen Grove As a Voice for Global Conservation
May 7 13:30-15:15 (UTC+3)
Session C
Clara Mancini, The Open University (Online)
Abstract title: Multispecies Justice & Technology: Human-Centred Design Is Not Enough
Co-author: Natalia Szablewska (The Open University)
Mara Dicenta, William & Mary (Online)
Abstract title: The promise of interspecies desegregation: Allying with capybaras against gated communities in Buenos Aires’ wetlands
Juneseo Hwang, University of Hamburg (Onsite)
Abstract title: Navigating Deadly Encounters: Multispecies Mobility Justice and Roadkill
Tikli Loivaranta, University of Turku (Onsite)
Abstract title: Laws with the Jungle
Cassandra Troyan, Basel Academy of Art & Design (FHNW), University of Westminster (CAMRI) (Onsite)
Abstract title: Spotting a Friendlier Extraction? Spot the Dog, Green Mining Narratives, and the Colonial Impact in Sápmi of Sweden’s Green Transition
Annukka Paajanen, University of Helsinki (Onsite)
Abstract title: Reading ex situ conservation through a decolonial and multispecies lens
Session D
Anisha Palat, Independent Researcher (Online)
Abstract title: Sacred Symbols, Political Animals: Rethinking Human-Animal Relations in Indian Art and Visual Culture
Şebnem Susam-Saraeva, University of Edinburgh (Online)
Abstract title: Translation rights of the more-than-human – thoughts on whale bioacoustics
Vanessa Arteaga Bernal & Eduardo Erazo Acosta, Independent researcher in indigenous epistemologies (Onsite)
Abstract title: The power of the ancestral philosophy of Alli kawsay (Buen Vivir) in the indigenous movements of Colombia – Ecuador vs. the exclusion by the big mining development, contribution to the Rights of Mother Nature from the global south in middle of climate change
Louisa Dassow, Newcastle University (Onsite)
Abstract title: Oceanic Interconnection: A Posthuman Feminist Analysis of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) treaty
Nikolai Siimes, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland (Onsite)
Abstract title: Pro-biotic (micro)governmentalities in biodynamic winegrowing: from dominance to multispecies flourishing
Kirsten Vinyeta, Utah State University (Onsite)
Abstract title: Lawn Replacement Incentives as Pathways to Multispecies Justice: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Utah’s Landscape Conversion Incentive Program
Co-authors: Sarah Woodbury (Utah State University) and Masoumeh Hashemi (Utah State University)
