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Sirrah Hamann

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they/she. among other things, doing a master's @ rachel carson center, working across media studies, environmental humanities - sts - critical geography on energy, weathering and coasts 🚩 ruminations: https://www.are.na/sirrah-i-h

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · Jul 6

Hi #envhum — long overdue intro post!
I'm Sirrah (they/she), doing a Master's @carsoncenter.bsky.social. My background is in digital media and cultural studies. I work across environmental humanities/media, STS, and critical geography.

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 20h

In fact, it could have been even more haunting, had I pressed the right button inside the Blåfjell Mine :))

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks! No worries, I would've been v surprised. But also, you're already there in spirit, in the presence of certain field recordings 🪨🪨🪨

Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

and btw, thanks again, @finnarne.me, for letting me borrow the mic!

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

Glad to have been a small part of this film by mazefilm. Come see it in Leipzig if you're in the area! Very much looking forward to the exhibition opening next Friday (24th)

gfzk.de/en/calendard...

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig —

gfzk.de

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

With the controversies around new mining plans, it was also a chance to reflect on the possible futures of Sokndal — from labour to resistance, displaced communities, environmental violence and post-extractivism.

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

Anorthosite is abundant there, the same rock type that composes the bright side of the moon. In the mining of titanium, it is a waste product. In these moon-like landscapes, industrial ruins co-exist with dreams of optimization. And poetically, there are no tides on the coast.

picture of an anorthosite landscape through binoculars

picture of a heap of rubble -- anorthosite -- an a muddy puddle from that day's heavy rain. taken at the tellnes mine

photo of the inside of a cave with overexposed light coming in from outside. taken at the blåfjell mine

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

How does prospective mining on the Moon mirror prior forms of extractivism on Earth?

In July, I visited the Blåfjell and Tellnes Mines near #MagmaGeopark in Southwest Norway to collect video materials and talk with local experts about mining heritage.

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

Glad to have been a small part of this film by mazefilm. Come see it in Leipzig if you're in the area! Very much looking forward to the exhibition opening next Friday (24th)

gfzk.de/en/calendard...

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig —

gfzk.de

Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

With the controversies around new mining plans, it was also a chance to reflect on the possible futures of Sokndal -- from labour to resistance, displaced communities, environmental violence and post-extractivism.

Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

picture from the inside of a rocky cave of the Blåfjell Mine, overexposed light coming in from outside

blurry image of a rocky landscape through a looking glass

picture of heaves of rubble -- anorthosite-- and a muddy puddles, taken at the Tellnes Mine

Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 23h

Anorthosite is abundant there, the same material that composes the bright side of the moon. In the mining of titanium, it is a waste product. In these moon-like landscapes, industrial ruins co-exist with dreams of optimization. And poetically, there are no tides on its coasts.

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Digital Ecologies @digicologies.bsky.social · 8d

🌐🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨🌐

'The Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies'

🗓️ 2-3 February 2026
📍 @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

We invite one-word titles (e.g. hallucinating, zooming, obscuring, glitching, generating)

Deadline: 14th November

Full info: digicologies.com/cfp

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Centre for Digital Cultures @cdcleuphana.bsky.social · 9d

To all friends of the CDC: This semester, we are again organizing a series of lectures and colloquia (both online and offline) that may be of interest to you – we hope to see many of you there!

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 10d

and sometimes it's almost reaching self-awareness

photo of a parked volkswagen from the side, with a picture printed on: a picture of a guy with a shocked face holding up a fuel nozzle to his head (referencing a gun)

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Matthew Kelly @matthewjkelly.bsky.social · 18d

A must-read for environmental historians, labour historians, & historians of embodiment, trade, Britain, the Thames, and more.

Conceptually ambitious & a really good story with an unexpected & dramatic denouement.

#envhist

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 19d

New on advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"

by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928*

Abstract. This article examines changes in the bodies and environment of labourers carrying timber imported into London’s docks in the 1860s to the 1920s t

doi.org

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agathefourmoret.bsky.social @agathefourmoret.bsky.social · 28d

I have been using a lot this book by Cara New Dagett for my thesis on #petroculture and narratives in the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger. My aim was to show how petroculture informs us and reinforce bigger systems: patriarchy, capitalism and extractivism.

Book Petromasculinité by Cara New Dagett, editions wildproject.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Sep 4

"INTO UNCERTAIN WEATHERS is an interactive installation and performance of poetry, weather balloons, mylar and haze... During the event, the audience can ask questions both online + in-person—only to receive cryptic answers modulated by a NYC weather API and accompanied by NASA satellite imagery."

CULTUREHUB — INTO UNCERTAIN WEATHERS

An interactive installation and performance of poetry, weather balloons, mylar, and haze created by CultureHub Resident kathy wu. RSVP →

www.culturehub.org

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · Sep 2

"I wonder [how] we might rethink our relationship with the shore, one that has been marked by trauma, dependence, and ambivalence? What does it mean to return to the shore as an epistemic space—a site for liberatory political imagination?"

www.e-flux.com/architecture...

More can be found here:

Insurgent Geologies - e-flux

www.e-flux.com

Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · Sep 2

Recently came across the Insurgent Geologies series at @eflux.bsky.social! Very interesting works on architecture, geology and its colonial grammars of extraction (and critical interventions).

(Shores show up, too.)

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · Aug 24

And @melhogan.bsky.social has collected an excellent library on Critical Data Center Studies at:

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agathefourmoret.bsky.social @agathefourmoret.bsky.social · Aug 15

In December 1999, a biodiversity tragedy: the sinking of the Erika oil tanker creates a huge oil spills, killing around 150k to 300k birds. The following map lists the storage location in Brittany from various oil spills

Map from Les Robins des Bois association.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Aug 20

I was glad to learn tonight about the @sealibrary.bsky.social project, which reminded me of these 👇 ⚓️🌊📚

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our paper on digital twins of the ocean is out now in this great special issue of New Media & Society, alongside contributions from Jussi Parikka, Rob Kitchin,Geoffrey Bowker among others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8

#envhist #bluehumanities #envhum

Digital twins of the ocean: Wet environing media and marine futures - Adam Wickberg, Susanna Lidström, 2025

The EU’s Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) is presented as a coherent, high-resolution, multi-dimensional, multi-variable and near real-time representation of the...

journals.sagepub.com

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · Aug 11

On the history of coastal protection:https://vendsysselwiki.dk/index.php/Kystsikring_ved_L%C3%B8nstrup

Kystsikring ved Lønstrup - wikivendsyssel

vendsysselwiki.dk

Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · Aug 11

Feel free to have a look at my Are.na where you'll find the sources for what I've shared here and various other materials: www.are.na/sirrah-i-h/c....
Also curious about your impressions and thoughts!

Are.na