Best wishes for a lovely Holiday season
As the year comes to a close, we in Relics of Nature take pause to reflect on the many journeys and discoveries we’ve experienced. Whether this holiday season brings you back to familiar landscapes or invites visits to new ones, may you – as we do – find inspiration in the magical natures around you!…
Monitoring materialities: Anthropocene landscapes of environing technologies in the High North
In recent years, the Arctic has gained increased attention as a crucial data wellspring for climate models, reports, and policies targeting environmental change. This surge in scientific interest has transformed Arctic landscapes, embedding them with the remnants of both short-term and long-term monitoring efforts. In their study, which results are now published in the article…
Relics of Nature represented in this year’s Munro Lecture!
Relics of Nature was represented in this year’s Munro lecture at the University of Edinburgh on the 21st of November. Here, in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Professor Þóra Pétursdóttir gave a lecture titled ‘Natural Heritage at Risk: Memory and Mourning in the Anthropocene’. The lecture reflected on some results from the Relics of…
New Book Sheds Light on the Archaeology of Plastics and Their Lasting Impact
We are excited to announce the recent release of The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Plastics, edited by Genevieve Godin, Þóra Pétursdóttir, Estelle Praet, and John Schofield. This comprehensive book delves into the archaeology of the contemporary world through the lens of one of its most defining and problematic materials: plastics. Since their widespread adoption in the early 1950s, plastics…
Arctic Congress 2024, Bodø
Relics of Nature has during the last few days enjoyed life the fantastic Arctic Congress in beautiful (and sunny!) Bodø. We have learned from and discussed with colleagues from different disciplines and parts of the world who gather here around issues related to Arctic futures, including everything from health care, industrial fishing and education to…
Future Fragments at Iceland’s National Museum
Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir and her team is busy these days with the final touch of the exhibition “Future Fragments” (Icelandic: “Brot úr Framtíð”), which will open in the National Museum of Iceland on June 8. The exhibition is composed in collaboration with Þóra Pétursdóttir and Relics of Nature and represents elements from both Þorgerður’s and Þóra’s…
FIT nomination to Esseyja/Island Fiction!!
Elín Edda Þorsteinsdóttir, the brilliant designer behind the book Esseyja / Island Fiction, is nominated for FIT’s 2024 price in the category of book design. The book is edited and published by Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir in collaboration with Relics of Nature. RoN is so proud to be part of this project and warmly congratulates Elin Edda…
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Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology
A new book has recently been published called “Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology – Flat Ontologies, Oceanic Thought, and the Anthropocene” edited by Sara A. Rich & Peter B. Campbell. The essays in the book emphasize how environmental changes, from global warming to global pandemics, call for transdisciplinary cooperation, and for thinking together beyond the…
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