■ Jeff Diamanti, “From Situated Knowledge to Intensional Field Theory.” In The Future of Cultural Analysis: A Critical Inquiry, edited by M. Aydemir, N. Roei, and A. Kuryel (Routledge, 2025).
■ Mined Soil (2014, 33’), directed by Filipa César
■ A dog, a silent witness (Ongoing). Ana Robles Pérez [as part of the Talent Development Stimulerings Grant Scheme 2026]
Fieldwork and Visualising Methods in the Environmental Humanities
(Room E0.32 - Digital Humanities Workspace)
The session unfolds through a collective discussion of two texts and the viewing of selected fragments of a film proposed by Salomé Lopes Coelho. Drawing on Carolyn Fornoff’s “Extractivism” (2023) and Jeff Diamanti’s “From Situated Knowledge to Intensional Field Theory” (2025), we will explore how fieldwork operates in the environmental humanities: in relation to communities and collectives directly affected by extractivist practices, and through the aesthetic, sensory, and epistemic regimes that shape how territories, bodies, and materials come to be rendered as resources. The viewing of excerpts from Mined Soil (2014, 33’), by Filipa César, situates these questions within a cinematic research practice, revisiting Amílcar Cabral’s agronomic work and mobilising fieldwork, filmmaking, and performance to think extractivism through its historical and ongoing intersections with colonialism.
The session will continue with a work-in-progress presentation by Ana Robles Pérez, focusing on her current research on dog agency in spatial memory practices. She will share experiences and insights developed through this research, which involves fieldwork in depopulated human and animal communities in Ciudad Real–Villalba de Calatrava (Spain), engagement with activist dog resistance communities in Istanbul (Turkey), and collaboration with archaeologists studying historical dog figures at Huaca Pucllana, Lima (Peru). Ana then invites participants to collectively develop a hands-on exercise that experiments with forensic, analytical, journalistic, and archival artistic research approaches across fieldwork and post-fieldwork practices, treating these as tools to be tested, combined, and questioned rather than as fixed methods.
Participants from all backgrounds—cinema, arts, humanities, social sciences, geosciences, and beyond—are welcome to join. We warmly invite you to read the texts in advance and actively engage in discussion, as the Lab is designed as a participatory experience rather than a lecture.
Filipa César. Mined Soil (2014)
Ana Robles Pérez. A dog, a silent witness (Ongoing)
Marcela Magno. Bolivia, Salar de Uyuni, 20°32’54.95”S 67°22’36.33 (2022)
⇥ Participants are welcome to attend individual sessions or the entire series.