an art and research initiative exploring the value and future of soil in urbanized landscapes
(2021-2025)
This research initiative operates at the intersection of critical heritage studies, urban studies, and artistic research and practice in the transdisciplinary field of environmental humanities. It seeks to draw attention to radically altered human-soil relations, the invisible work of soils, and practices of soil care in a time when soils are sealed and degraded at rapid rates.
Six team members (see below) works together, and principal investigator (PI) is artist and environmental humanities researcher Dr. Janna Holmstedt at National Historical Museums, Sweden. Funded by Formas – a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (DNR 2020-01062). Humus economics started 1 January 2021, and ends 31 May 2025. Though the project have been concluded, the networks, experiences, and topics are fully alive and kicking, seeding new beginnings in other contexts.
The Team
Malin Lobell
artist and gardener
malinlobell.se
Janna Holmstedt
artist, writer and researcher
National Historical Museums, Sweden (SHM), Department of Collections and Research
Cecilia Åsberg
Professor & Chair of Gender, Nature, Culture at Tema Genus
Linköpings universitet
Jenny Lindblad
Ph.D. Division of Urban and Regional Studies
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Christina Fredengren
Professor & Docent in Archaeology
Uppsala University, Department of Art History, Conservation
Karin Wegsjö
Filmmake and director
wegsjo.se
More info about the project http://humuseconomicus.se/about/