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CATT activities 2022-23

Publications
  • Allain, R. (2022, October). The Vitality of Gold in Artisanal Mining Practices. Participant in workshop, Vie et Technique entre Continuités et Analogies: Réflexions anthropologiques [Life and Techniques between Continuities and Analogies: Anthropological Reflections], part of workshop series ‘Life and Technique: Anthropological, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives’. Collège de France, Paris.
  • Allain, R. (2022, November). Gifting Luck: The Generativity of Kin and Action amongst Gbaya Mining Communities in Cameroon. Presented at Departmental Research Seminar, SAME, University of Oxford.
  • Vergara, F. (2022, November). Ritmo, Danza e Identidad en los Andes Centrales. Paper presented at the III Seminario Musicultura: Diálogos desde la diversidad de expresiones, Universidad de los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile.
  • Allain, R. (2022, December). Gifting Luck: The Generativity of Action amongst Gbaya Mining Communities in Cameroon. Presented at Anthropology Seminar Series, Dept. of Anthropology, Goldsmiths.
  • Mercier, D. (2022, December 5). Seedling Biospheres in Outer Space, project Off-Earth Atlas. Collège de France:, Paris.
  • Bulstrode, J. (2022, December 7). Coal scars and the coal skill. Paper presented at Department seminar, Aarhus University.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, January 29). Jardins Abelam magiques et Images végétales. Des Pratiques Horticoles entre Cosmologie et Milieu (Suivi d’une réflexion sur la technodiversité). Musée du conservatoire de l'agriculture et des pratiques agricoles, Chartres.
  • Cristi, N. (2023, March). Growing Materials and cultivating other possible worlds. Paper presented at Papanek Symposium 2023 Design Anthropology: Critical Speculations, Papanek Foundation.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, April 25). “Technicity against ‘Technology’: An Anthropology of Technical Objects. Presentation at University of Manchester, Affective Artefacts seminar series.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, May 5). Jardins & Cosmotechniques. Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris: Sémiaire d’Anthropologie des techniques.
  • Coupaye, L. (May 12). Les Fabuleux Mystères de l’île de Pâques. Alexandre-Koyré (EHESS, CNRS, MNHN), musée du Quai Branly, Paris: Séminaire: Grands mythes de l’anthropologie et de l’archéologie. Regards sur le monde.
  • Bulstrode, J. (2023, May 17). Dust and debt. Paper presented at Department seminar, Durham University.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, June 8). Territories, Project Off-Earth Atlas. UCL, London.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, June 9). Architectures & Infrastructures, Project Off-Earth Atlas. London, UCL.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, September 15). Cosmologies, Project Off-Earth Atlas. Oxford, Maison Française,
  • Bulstrode, J. (2023, May 23-24). Colonial Natures, Dániel Margócsy. Presentation at the University of Cambridge, UK.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, February 1-2). Danses with Category: Anthropology of Technics, Anthropology of Technology. Workshop at Universität zu Köln Institut für Ethnologie, Cologne, Germany.
  • Di Deus, E. (2023, August 01-04). XIV RAM - Reunião de Antropologia do Mercosul. Grupo de Trabalho - Técnica, conhecimento e poder: contribuições etnográficas contemporâneas na América Latina. Coordenação: E. Di Deus (UnB), J. Brussi (UFOPA), S. Carenzo (CONICET). Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Vergara, F., & Godoy, C. (2023, July 10-14). Ritmo y Estilo. El Caso del Arte Rupestre Estilo Guaiquivilo. Paper presented at the XXI Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina, Mesa de Comunicación 4: Patagonia, Corrientes, Argentina.
  • Vergara, F., Adán, L., & Valderrama, C. (2023, July 10-14). Polímeros Termoplásticos Sintéticos. Paper presented at the XXI Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina, Simposio 2: Arqueologías Políticas: Miradas Intergeneracionales desde el Sur, Corrientes, Argentina.
  • Bulstrode, J. (2022, December 13-14). Early encounters with coal: retrieving views from below, Amr Ahmed, Andreas Malm, Simon Schaffer, Richard Staley. Presentation at the University of Cambridge, UK.
  • Coupaye, L. (2022, March 14-15). Tubers as Paradigmatic Containers. Workshop presented at University of Cambridge, UK, Jesus College, in Tuberous Collectivities: An Interdisciplinary Exploration into Human-Tuber Companionship across Histories (ERC, FNRS, ULB).
  • Bulstrode, J. (2023, April 17-18). Science through the keyhole: revealing scientific practices through workspaces, Jane Desborough & Innes Keighren. Presentation at the Science Museum, London, UK.
  • Coupaye, L. (2022, May 17-18). Agency as reticulation, UCLouvain, FNRS/Talos, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. International Workshop Ontologies in the Making: Anthropological & Archaeological Perspectives.
  • Coupaye L. (2022, April 9). Technicity against “Technology”: From Relationality to Exclusion (and Capture). Virtual Conference presented at University of Toronto, The Archaeology Centre. Annual Debates in Archaeology – Captivating Technology.
  • Allain, R. (2022, October). The Vitality of Gold in Artisanal Mining Practices. Participant in workshop, Vie et Technique entre Continuités et Analogies: Réflexions anthropologiques [Life and Techniques between Continuities and Analogies: Anthropological Reflections], part of workshop series ‘Life and Technique: Anthropological, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives’. Collège de France, Paris.
  • Allain, R. (2022, November). Gifting Luck: The Generativity of Kin and Action amongst Gbaya Mining Communities in Cameroon. Presented at Departmental Research Seminar, SAME, University of Oxford.
  • Vergara, F. (2022, November). Ritmo, Danza e Identidad en los Andes Centrales. Paper presented at the III Seminario Musicultura: Diálogos desde la diversidad de expresiones, Universidad de los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile.
  • Allain, R. (2022, December). Gifting Luck: The Generativity of Action amongst Gbaya Mining Communities in Cameroon. Presented at Anthropology Seminar Series, Dept. of Anthropology, Goldsmiths.
  • Mercier, D. (2022, December 5). Seedling Biospheres in Outer Space, project Off-Earth Atlas. Collège de France:, Paris.
  • Bulstrode, J. (2022, December 7). Coal scars and the coal skill. Paper presented at Department seminar, Aarhus University.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, January 29). Jardins Abelam magiques et Images végétales. Des Pratiques Horticoles entre Cosmologie et Milieu (Suivi d’une réflexion sur la technodiversité). Musée du conservatoire de l'agriculture et des pratiques agricoles, Chartres.
  • Cristi, N. (2023, March). Growing Materials and cultivating other possible worlds. Paper presented at Papanek Symposium 2023 Design Anthropology: Critical Speculations, Papanek Foundation.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, April 25). “Technicity against ‘Technology’: An Anthropology of Technical Objects. Presentation at University of Manchester, Affective Artefacts seminar series.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, May 5). Jardins & Cosmotechniques. Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris: Sémiaire d’Anthropologie des techniques.
  • Coupaye, L. (May 12). Les Fabuleux Mystères de l’île de Pâques. Alexandre-Koyré (EHESS, CNRS, MNHN), musée du Quai Branly, Paris: Séminaire: Grands mythes de l’anthropologie et de l’archéologie. Regards sur le monde.
  • Bulstrode, J. (2023, May 17). Dust and debt. Paper presented at Department seminar, Durham University.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, June 8). Territories, Project Off-Earth Atlas. UCL, London.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, June 9). Architectures & Infrastructures, Project Off-Earth Atlas. London, UCL.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, September 15). Cosmologies, Project Off-Earth Atlas. Oxford, Maison Française,
  • Bulstrode, J. (2023, May 23-24). Colonial Natures, Dániel Margócsy. Presentation at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Conferences/workshops/talks delivered by members
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, February 1-2). Danses with Category: Anthropology of Technics, Anthropology of Technology. Workshop at Universität zu Köln Institut für Ethnologie, Cologne, Germany.
  • Di Deus, E. (2023, August 01-04). XIV RAM - Reunião de Antropologia do Mercosul. Grupo de Trabalho - Técnica, conhecimento e poder: contribuições etnográficas contemporâneas na América Latina. Coordenação: E. Di Deus (UnB), J. Brussi (UFOPA), S. Carenzo (CONICET). Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Vergara, F., & Godoy, C. (2023, July 10-14). Ritmo y Estilo. El Caso del Arte Rupestre Estilo Guaiquivilo. Paper presented at the XXI Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina, Mesa de Comunicación 4: Patagonia, Corrientes, Argentina.
  • Vergara, F., Adán, L., & Valderrama, C. (2023, July 10-14). Polímeros Termoplásticos Sintéticos. Paper presented at the XXI Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina, Simposio 2: Arqueologías Políticas: Miradas Intergeneracionales desde el Sur, Corrientes, Argentina.
  • Bulstrode, J. (2022, December 13-14). Early encounters with coal: retrieving views from below, Amr Ahmed, Andreas Malm, Simon Schaffer, Richard Staley. Presentation at the University of Cambridge, UK.
  • Coupaye, L. (2022, March 14-15). Tubers as Paradigmatic Containers. Workshop presented at University of Cambridge, UK, Jesus College, in Tuberous Collectivities: An Interdisciplinary Exploration into Human-Tuber Companionship across Histories (ERC, FNRS, ULB).
  • Bulstrode, J. (2023, April 17-18). Science through the keyhole: revealing scientific practices through workspaces, Jane Desborough & Innes Keighren. Presentation at the Science Museum, London, UK.
  • Coupaye, L. (2022, May 17-18). Agency as reticulation, UCLouvain, FNRS/Talos, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. International Workshop Ontologies in the Making: Anthropological & Archaeological Perspectives.
  • Coupaye L. (2022, April 9). Technicity against “Technology”: From Relationality to Exclusion (and Capture). Virtual Conference presented at University of Toronto, The Archaeology Centre. Annual Debates in Archaeology – Captivating Technology.
  • Allain, R. (2022, October). The Vitality of Gold in Artisanal Mining Practices. Participant in workshop, Vie et Technique entre Continuités et Analogies: Réflexions anthropologiques [Life and Techniques between Continuities and Analogies: Anthropological Reflections], part of workshop series ‘Life and Technique: Anthropological, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives’. Collège de France, Paris.
  • Allain, R. (2022, November). Gifting Luck: The Generativity of Kin and Action amongst Gbaya Mining Communities in Cameroon. Presented at Departmental Research Seminar, SAME, University of Oxford.
  • Vergara, F. (2022, November). Ritmo, Danza e Identidad en los Andes Centrales. Paper presented at the III Seminario Musicultura: Diálogos desde la diversidad de expresiones, Universidad de los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile.
  • Allain, R. (2022, December). Gifting Luck: The Generativity of Action amongst Gbaya Mining Communities in Cameroon. Presented at Anthropology Seminar Series, Dept. of Anthropology, Goldsmiths.
  • Mercier, D. (2022, December 5). Seedling Biospheres in Outer Space, project Off-Earth Atlas. Collège de France:, Paris.
  • Bulstrode, J. (2022, December 7). Coal scars and the coal skill. Paper presented at Department seminar, Aarhus University.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, January 29). Jardins Abelam magiques et Images végétales. Des Pratiques Horticoles entre Cosmologie et Milieu (Suivi d’une réflexion sur la technodiversité). Musée du conservatoire de l'agriculture et des pratiques agricoles, Chartres.
  • Cristi, N. (2023, March). Growing Materials and cultivating other possible worlds. Paper presented at Papanek Symposium 2023 Design Anthropology: Critical Speculations, Papanek Foundation.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, April 25). “Technicity against ‘Technology’: An Anthropology of Technical Objects. Presentation at University of Manchester, Affective Artefacts seminar series.
  • Coupaye, L. (2023, May 5). Jardins & Cosmotechniques. Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris: Sémiaire d’Anthropologie des techniques.
  • Coupaye, L. (May 12). Les Fabuleux Mystères de l’île de Pâques. Alexandre-Koyré (EHESS, CNRS, MNHN), musée du Quai Branly, Paris: Séminaire: Grands mythes de l’anthropologie et de l’archéologie. Regards sur le monde.
  • Bulstrode, J. (2023, May 17). Dust and debt. Paper presented at Department seminar, Durham University.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, June 8). Territories, Project Off-Earth Atlas. UCL, London.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, June 9). Architectures & Infrastructures, Project Off-Earth Atlas. London, UCL.
  • Mercier, D. (2023, September 15). Cosmologies, Project Off-Earth Atlas. Oxford, Maison Française,
  • Bulstrode, J. (2023, May 23-24). Colonial Natures, Dániel Margócsy. Presentation at the University of Cambridge, UK. 
CATT events
  • 2022, March 25: Workshop Making Processes Visible. Technography and the Chaine Operatoire. Organized for the the members of the ERC research project SeedsValues (PI: Olivia Angé, ULB), Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Université Libre de Bruxelles; Brussels (Belg), Anthropologie de la Vie, CNRS – Collège de France, Paris. (Fr) (L. Coupaye & Nicole Cristi)
  • 2023, June, 6: Simondon by and for Dummies. UCL, Department of Anthropology (L. Coupaye)
  • 2023, June 25: Technology as a protagonist in Sci-Fi Movies and TV Programs. UCL, Department of Anthropology (L. Coupaye)
  • 2023, April,12-13: Towards an Anthropology of technodiversity. SOAS, London. Panel at the 2023 ASA conference 'An Unwell World? Anthropology in a Speculative Mode', organized by Rosalie Allain & Ludovic Coupaye