Upcoming Conference: 7th Sophia Journal International Conference - Landscapes of Care: the emergence of landscapes of care in unstable territories

Photograph: Armin Linke, Lake Assal, extraction of salt, Djibouti, Africa, 2012. Courtesy of the artist.

The 7th Sophia International Conference will happen next Wednesday in person at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, and Thursday online through Zoom.

The conference, organised by CEAU / FAUP, is the direct result of the Call for Papers of the upcoming 7th issue of Sophia Journal and the first volume within a new cycle of the Sophia Journal dedicated to Landscapes of Care. 

After a selection of the best papers and visual essays submitted to our Call, the results will be presented during the online conference, organised in two panels, discussing several issues such as landscapes of extraction, wastelands, desert landscapes as heritage, geological boundaries and political borders, arctic expeditions, etc.

The online conference also has three presentations by invited keynote speakers: Armin Linke, Marco Ferrari + Elisa Pasqual (Studio Folder), and Elsa Brès. 

To celebrate the diverse program of the current issue of this year’s Sophia International Conference, Andreia Alves de Oliveira and I organised a live screening of films during the afternoon of the 28th of September, followed by a round-table with Pedro Bandeira, Sara Castelo Branco, and Jorge Leandro Rosa. 

The films are Subir e Sumir (2021), by Mariana Caló and Francisco Queimadela; Forest Mind (2021), by Ursula Biemann; Sweat (2020), by Elsa Brès; and Salarium (2017), by Sasha Litvinsteva in collaboration with Daniel Mann. This parallel event is an in-person event, open to all, which should propel several topics to be further discussed and developed on the next day during the online conference. 

Feel free to join us! 

Zoom link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/89009331832?pwd=EncaL2AKR9R4 Xp8T TCi0_6fuE4r vG9.1

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