Material, Economics & Ecology (Conference Convenor)

Material, Economics & Ecology was an international symposium sharing the interdisciplinary research of guest speakers whose work contributes to contemporary dialogues concerning human and non-human ecologies, labour, trade and material resources. As a place of material, economic and ecological significance, Derby's former Silk Mill has been chosen as a significant place to hold the event: a former factory which sits are the Southern end of the UNESCO Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. To open the event, Jumana Manna's award-winning documentary film Wild Relatives (2018) and Laura Wilson's site-specific performance-for-video was screened in the Italian Mill. An Introductory address was given by Executive Director of Derby Museums Tony Butler. A Q&A was chaired by Sharples.

SCHEDULE:

10:30–11:45 Jumana Manna's Wild Relatives
11:45–12:00 Laura Wilson's Deepening
13:00–13:30 Welcome Address with Tony Butler
13:30–14:00 Dr. Onya McCausland's Following Routes of Waste: Paint as a Cultural Tool
14:00–14:30 Rafael Pérez Evans's Cheapening: Market Shockwaves & Protest through Produce
14:30–15:00 Laura Wilson's Old Salt
15:30–16:00 Sonia Levy, Creatures of the Lines
16:00–16:30 Ravi Agarwal's Ecologies of Landscape, Labour and Livelihoods
16:30–17:00 Q&A with Sharples
17:00–18:00 Networking

Supported by UoD ECR Development Fund