Mining Conversations. The Futurepasts of ... Iron
- Date: Nov 17, 2025
- Time: 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Shanai Matteson, arts and culture collective Talon Mine Tours and Wildflower Group media collective/ Júlia Medeiros, MPI GEA/ Karin Reisinger, University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Location: online
- Host: Max-Planck-Institut für Geoanthropologie und Anthropocene Commons
- Contact: rossee@gea.mpg.de
Mining Conversations is a monthly online discussion series dedicated to how knowledge practices on local and planetary scales shape the energy landscapes we see today, whether influenced by past or present extraction practices. Each session connects different perspectives to better understand the social, material, technological, and environmental forces at play. The series seeks to provide the needed space for cross-practice, international and reflective conversations about mining among artists, academics, activists, and other persons interested in mining.
About the speakers
The session will host the following speakers:
- Shanai Matteson, writer, visual artist and organizer, arts and culture collective Talon Mine Tours and Wildflower Group media collective
- Júlia Medeiros, urbanist and cultural heritage scholar, MPI of Geoanthropology
- Karin Reisinger, architect and visual cultures scholar, University of Applied Arts Vienna