💡 As we close this chapter at EYE, we want to give a huge THANK YOU to all our guests and participants for their incredible insights and discussions. Stay tuned for more updates on the research project!

Schuppli left us with the question: What new ways of remembering can emerge through the study of ice memory? She urged us to consider a future of “just-ice to come” (a play on justice and ice 🤓).

Building on themes from the series (film heritage and audiovisual archives), this session explored how ice memory challenges us to think beyond human-centered perspectives. As glaciers disappear, we not only lose parts of our environment but also the memories they hold.

Schuppli’s talk highlighted the links between environmental history, film preservation, and geopolitical structures. She discussed how ice, as a chemically neutral storage medium like film, can store historical traces — including those of (neo)colonial violence, pollution, and climate catastrophe.

3️⃣ Ecology, sustainability & climate change (e.g., how to establish a just system of climate reparations?)

🔗Please read the full call on decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...

2️⃣ Migrations, mobility & borders (e.g., how to account for the role of colonial histories
and neocolonial exploits in motivating and directing migratory movements and border control policies?)

1️⃣ Museums, archives & cultural practices (e.g., how to deal with demands to restitute art
objects acquired through colonial exploits and with contentious monuments?)

The call is open in terms of Decolonial research themes, but we particularly encourage submissions
which substantively speak to two of the three themes of the RPA ⬇️

📚 We welcome you to join our accompanying reading group, held on Monday, January 27th, from 15:00-18:00 at BuzzHouse (OMHP Humanities Venture Lab).

Please email @asliozgenh.bsky.social ([email protected]) / Jamil ([email protected]) to access the readings and to register for the seminar.