PhD position JUST PRODUCTION: ART & SOIL ECOLOGIES

Do you want to research and develop artistic and art-based approaches to address the foundational role of soil ecologies in keeping our planet livable? Situated at VU, this position will be part of the JUST ART consortium on art & climate justice.

Your function

As one out of ten PhDs within the JUST ART consortium, and one of the two positions located at VU, the focus of this PhD will be on soil ecologies. 

Soil is a life-sustaining system that serves both human and non-human life. It is a vital site of multispecies conviviality and a highly sophisticated regenerative system. Challenging the conception of the ground as a neutral or passive backdrop, artists and environmental humanities scholars emphasize the fragility of soil as an entity that suffers, remembers, and “retains responsibility” (Fiske 2020). Through nurturing land care practices, cultivating “soil attentiveness” (Puig de la Bellacasa 2015)...