18-19 June, In/tangible connections - global dis:connect

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18-19 June, In/tangible connections

material, embodied and sensory stories of global dis:connection

Global interactions do not only create connections; they also produce friction, delay and breakdown. Dis:connection is not simply the absence of relation, but a condition that shapes how exchange unfolds across human and more-than-human worlds.

This workshop explores how different ways of living, knowing and remembering meet and sometimes clash in moments of exchange. Speakers will examine how past interactions have shaped dis:connections in cultural, political and environmental contexts and discuss the infrastructures, bodies, documents and environments through which relations are made and unmade.
Drawing on material and sensory approaches from various disciplines, the event highlights the gaps, silences and disruptions through which dis:connection becomes visible. Participants can expect interdisciplinary perspectives on how tangible and intangible experiences shape encounters between people, species, places, things and ideas.

Co-coveners: Kate Stevens (University of Waikato, Fellow gd:c) and Erika Zerwes (Fellow gd:c)

Please see the call for papers here. You can apply until March 25, 2026.

Registration (as participant) will open in April . The programme will be uploaded here soon.

Date: 18–19 June 2026
Venue: Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect, Munich.