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GERMAN TRANSLATION COMPENDIUM RIGHTS FOR NATURE!
Today, March 15, 2023, the Compendium Rights for Nature, written by Jessica den Outer and Laura Burgers commissioned by the Embassy of the North Sea, is launched in the German-speaking region. Hirzel Verlag has released the publication under the title: Das meer klagt an! We hope that, like in the Netherlands, the publication will inspire …
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black flags and the Mar Menor
Lawyer and cultural anthropologist Carolijn Terwindt from the Embassy of the North Sea went to Spain, where she visited the initiators of the law that made the highly polluted lagoon Mar Menor a legal entity. Visiting the Mar Menor By Carolijn Terwindt, 28 September 2022 At 2.30 AM in the morning, I was waiting with …
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The Audement at IABR
The Embassy of the North Sea presented – together with Studio Ossidiana (Giovanni Bellotti and Alessandra Covini) an edition of the Audement at the 10th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, from 22 September – 13 November 2022. it’s about time Fifty years after the publication of the Club of Rome report, the 10th edition of the …
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Anguilla Anguilla now online
Environmental sociologist Darko Lagunas wondered what human beings can learn from eels. Commissioned by the Embassy of the North Sea, he sought out people with a special, embodied relationship with the eel. As part of his ethnographic research, he created a series of short, filmed portraits in which ‘eel interpreters’ attempt to answer this question. The video’s …
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Moot court in the Peace Palace, The Hague
Renewal in law: The North Sea speaks The Embassy of the North Sea organised a Moot (or practice court) on 6 October 2022 in the Peace Palace in The Hague. This legal exercise was an opportunity to examine how non-human voices can be heard in a courtroom. During the experiment, the North Sea requested the …
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The City Beyond The Human
Read here The City Beyond The Human, a pre-publication by Darko Lagunas’ for Designing Cities for All, a publication by Pakhuis de Zwijger, November 2022 ‘‘Getting close to the eel means not only reading and talking about eels with ecologists or biologists. It is also about embodiment, multisensory experience and exploring the multiplicity of narratives surrounding the eels’ existence.” …
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Eel Park Oosterdok model on view in Arcam
The model for an Eel Park in the Oosterdok, the result of speculative research by landscape architect Thijs de Zeeuw in collaboration with the Embassy of the North Sea, is now on view in the exhibition Fluid matter, Designing with water in Amsterdam in Arcam. The Amsterdam water system regulates water levels and quality in …
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Have we met? – 23rd International Exhibition Triennale Milano
The Embassy of the North Sea and Darko Lagunas are taking in part in the exhibition Have we met? humans and non-humans on common ground, the official Dutch contribution to the 23rd International Exhibition Triennale Milano, which will be on show from 15 July to 11 December 2022 in Milan. The overall theme of the …
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Spanish Congress votes for a new law creating legal personhood for Mar Menor
Congratulations to our Spanish partners ILP Mar Menor! Yesterday, July 13 2022, the Spanish Congress voted in favor of a new law, creating legal personhood for the Mar Menor Lagoon, the first European ecosystem to enjoy that status. Under the new law, public administration is ordered to “immediately restrict those activities that may lead to …
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the Audement no.2 in Museum Arnhem
In the renovated Museum Arnhem, the Embassy of the North Sea presents the Audement no.2 in the exhibition Consume by. the Audement The Embassy of the North Sea listens to the political voice of the North Sea. To enable ourselves to listen to the voices of non-humans, we are building a new political arena called …
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