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Date limite de soumission : lundi 26 janvier 2026
Appel à communications pour un panel at the EASA 2026 conference, Poznań (Poland) 21-24 juillet 2026
Faced with an unprecedented ecological crisis, a new concept is taking shape : that of planetary biology. Still being defined, it is fueled by sequencing technologies and cutting-edge algorithmic power, including artificial intelligence, enabling scientists to identify new biological patterns through unexpected correlations across places and samples. To make this possible, scientists feel the urgency to sample and map the entire planet, crossing and aggregating conventional disciplinary and geographical boundaries, and blurring distinctions between biomes and "anthromes."
Planetary thinking resonates with social science efforts to decenter the human and its anthropocentric gaze. However, the technologies that underpin it—many of which originate in military research—reveal "family resemblances" and deep anxieties about control and domination, both over humans and the environment, as well as new configurations of what Ann Laura Stoler calls "imperial formations," raising the specter of new forms of ecological imperialism and (neo)colonial entanglements.
With this panel, we aim to ethnographically account for and anthropologically theorize how this planetary mapping of data unfolds across different sites through a shared logic of extraction. In particular, we focus on two interconnected yet seemingly distant ecosystems : mountains and oceans—at the forefront of current planetary challenges, where glaciers melt and oceans rise. We also wish to explore the interconnections between these charismatic, rural or peri-urban environments, from Europe to the Pacific, as sites where competing conceptions of indigeneity, locality, and place are (re)emerging, offering a lens to think beyond polarizations and reactionary (mis)recognitions.
We are particularly interested in contributions that :
Ethnographically explore data collection practices in mountain and oceanic contexts
Critically interrogate the (neo)colonial implications of biological mapping technologies
Propose decolonial perspectives on the relationship between science, technology, and biodiversity
Deadline for proposals : January 26, 2026
Convenors : Roberta Raffaetà (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) roberta.raffaeta chez unive.it et Alexander Mawyer (University of Hawaii Manoa, Center for Pacific Islands Studies)
Colloque
Du 21 au 24 juillet 2026 (Poznan)
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