Remote Guide to Extractivism 

Im Rahmen der „Shared Campus Summer Schools 2023
Nummer und TypZMO-ZMO-L018.2.23H.001 / Moduldurchführung
ModulRemote Guide to Extractivism 
VeranstalterZ-Module
LeitungNuria KRÄMER, Programme Manager, Shared Campus
| Deputy Head, Transcultural Collaboration
Andreas KOHLI, Professor, BA Design, Department of Design | Professor, BA Art Education, Department of Cultural Analysis (ZHdK) (TG coordinator)
Zeit
Mo 3. Juli 2023 bis Sa 15. Juli 2023
2 Wochen
Anzahl Teilnehmende8 - 12
ECTS4 Credits
VoraussetzungenProficient in English
LehrformSeminar / Workshop
ZielgruppenLevel: BA, MA, MPhil, PhD
Lernziele / Kompetenzen• Reflect on ecological phenomena against the background of cultural traditions
• Understand a range of opportunities for discipline-specific practitioners in interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts
• Apply collaboration, representation and communication skills for interdisciplinary and intercultural engagement
• Conduct critical enquiry relevant to an identified issue (such as the notion of “extractivism”), as well as analyse and evaluate findings
• Conceptualise, develop and present creative propositions on how to envision different ways of acting and being in the world in the wake of today’s ecological crisis
• Critically consider own contributions to an interdisciplinary undertaking
InhalteExtractivism describes an economy that has an enormous impact on environmental and social systems and rarely delivers the benefits it promises. This summer school will place students in two sites of extractivism, one in Greece and one in Australia, to investigate and map processes occurring simultaneously in the past, present, and future.
These companion studios operating in Melbourne and Athens will investigate similar extractive sites in their local context. Students in Melbourne, Australia will travel to Yallourn, where the community is preparing to reinvent their town as the planned closure of a power plant draws nearer. Students joining the European studio will explore Elefsina, the site of the ancient Eleusinian Mysteries and now an industrial town
north of Athens, Greece.
Participants will test various methods and develop tools for dealing with the complexity of what defines extractivism beyond its material effects. They will also register its invisible manifestations and broader ramifications on the land and the cultures it disrupts. Collaborative mapping of supply chains (local/national/planetary), geologies (temporality/deep time/entropy), futures (projection/speculations/prediction), and effects (cultural and ecological implications, scales) of extractive processes in each of these sites will be translated into artistic practice. The two-week intensive programme will conclude with a symposium and an online exhibition.
Leistungsnachweis / Testatanforderung80% Anwesenheit
Termine3 - 15 July 2023
Bewertungsformbestanden / nicht bestanden
BemerkungNo course fee for students from Shared Campus partner institutions. ZHdK will cover its students’ accommodation expenses up to a certain amount. Students travelling to Athens will need to cover the following costs by themselves:
• Travel expenses
• Living expenses, no accommodation costs
• Visa fees (whenever applicable)