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From decluttering bedroom drawers to detoxing from social media, minimalism has taken the global affluent class by storm. But what are the cultural politics of minimalist practices? Are they just an o

Where is Britain’s military infrastructure? Who builds it and how does it reshape rural landscapes? What happens to the communities who must learn to live in its vicinity? How are they persuaded to ac

This online exhibition of photographs and artworks provides documentation of ‘Power Grids: Reimagining Energy Infrastructure in Comics’ (2024–2026) The project is funded by the BA/Leverhulme Small Research grant scheme and the images included here were exhibited at the British Academy’s Summer Showcase in June 2025 The project brings together two discrete yet growing social movements: community energy and comics-based research

What is wind? How do we transform wind into electricity? And how does a view of Britain from the vantage of wind energy change our narrative of its national history and its national geography as well?

This seminar will be discussing Marianna Dudley book about how energy has shaped a nation and how a nation is reflected in energy.

Concrete underpins modern construction and allows for building processes that are mostly taken for granted. But where does the cement that comprises concrete actually come from? What natural resources

Emerging in the 1960s, power structure research — mapping who holds power in society, how those entities are connected, and how they use their resources to shape major decisions — has been an important weapon in civil rights, antiwar, and labor struggles.

Logistics describes the just-in-time supply chains that make consumer capitalism possible in the twenty-first century. It has seeped into every corner of our imaginations and behaviours, transforming

What makes an American road novel? What are the material conditions that caused it to emerge in the mid-twentieth century? Why does it persist, what does it tell us about infrastructure, and why has i

How does rain impact how and when people get around, whether on foot, on public transport, or in private vehicles? How does it affect how we use outdoor and public spaces, from parks to streets and sh

In this short review episode of the Thinking Through Infrastructure podcast, network convenor Dom Davies looks back at some of TTiN's activities in 2025, including our event with Zack Polanski, our bo

How can city makers renew urban spaces in ways that benefit existing residents, rather than displacing them? And how have communities organised to resist their displacement? On 28 November, TTiN put

Stream Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, with Juliet Fall by Thinking Through Infrastructure Network on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free ...

This seminar explores how art, comics, and storytelling can help us understand and reimagine infrastructures with Giada Peterle.

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This seminar will discuss the impact of neoliberalism on knowledge infrastructures and explore alternative practices for emancipatory knowledge production.

International Conference, September 22 - 24, 2025, at the University of Vienna. Extended deadline for submissions: April 21, 2025. Infrastructure is often seen as solid, fixed, and inevitable while sh...

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