International Conference on Cultural Studies, Batman University, Batman, Turkiye, 22-24.10.2026
Ecologies of Relation invites scholars, artists, researchers, and practitioners to explore how human, more-than-human, and technical systems are entangled within ecological, cultural, and political processes in the Anthropocene. Moving beyond human-centered frameworks, the conference foregrounds relational thinking to examine climate change, water, landscape, infrastructure, food systems, and artistic practices as co-constitutive forces shaping collective life and planetary futures.
Grounded in post-humanist, more-than-human, and environmental humanities approaches, the conference brings theoretical debates into dialogue with artistic practices, empirical case studies, and interdisciplinary research. Rather than treating nature, technology, and culture as separate domains, Ecologies of Relation emphasizes their interdependencies, frictions, and shared vulnerabilities.
The conference also engages with emerging configurations of planetary power shaped by climate geopolitics, infrastructural dependencies, technological sovereignty, and algorithmic governance, without reducing ecological relations to state-centered or security-driven frameworks.
Conference Themes
- Theoretical & Conceptual Approaches
- Ecologies of Water, Climate & Infrastructure
- Arts, Landscape & Cultural Practices
- Methods & Interdisciplinary Encounters
New Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 June 2026
Submission email: culturalstudies@batman.edu.tr
link to the call