Public Lecture by Forensic Architecture: Mapping Ecological Violence

A Cartography of Genocide in Gaza and The Environmental Continuum of Genocide in Namibia is a two part public lecture by Forensic Architecture that focuses on contemporary practices of documenting ecological violence and environmental harm. The lecture reflects on the growing intersections between warfare, environmental destruction, extractivism, and infrastructural violence, and considers the role of open-source technologies in producing public truth claims.

A Cartography of Genocide documents the scale and patterns of violence in Gaza since October 2023, compiling evidence of widespread attacks on civilian life, infrastructure, the health system, aid, and the environment. This lecture draws on more than two and a half years of investigation and reveals how, even beyond the ceasefire, the genocide persists and continues to evolve.

The Environmental Continuum of Genocide in Namibia examines the genocide perpetrated against the Nama and Ovaherero at the start of the 20th century as part of a longer process of land dispossession, proposing a novel method of sensing the durational effects of colonial violence through the phenomenon of bush encroachment.

The Lecture is organised by the Warfare Ecologies project (Pathways to Sustainability), in collaboration with the Contesting Governance Platform and Ecologies of Violence at Utrecht University. 

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