Read the zine: 'Strange Natures'
Read our zine that compiles art, creative writing and essays on the theme of 'Strange Natures', and listen to a new podcast episode with reflections on land, democracy and identity.
Zine: Strange Natures
From anxiety and alienation to resistance and re-enchantment…
‘Strange Natures’ is a zine that brings together art, stories and essays by multiple authors, from different places, times and vantage points, different ways of noticing, seeing, listening and inhabiting reality.
The zine draws from a series of contributions that responded to our call last year. You are invited to read, download, share and print the zine to share it with others.
New podcast episode: Antonia Malchik on land, democracy & identity
In a new episode of the Future Natures podcast, we trace the histories of enclosure into the current structures of ownership and privatization.
Focusing primarily on the United States, writer and activist Antonia Malchik raises insights into how enclosure relates to urban mobility, contemporary environmentalism, and democracy.
The whole podcast archive now has a dedicated page on the Future Natures website.
Exhibition: Future Natures comics on show at IDS
A selection of our comics, co-created by Tim Zocco and Amber Huff, are on show at the Institute of Development Studies in the main exhibition space. Entry is free of charge, and the exhibition will be shown until mid-September 2024.
The building is open between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. IDS is on the University of Sussex campus - Library Road, Falmer, BN1 9RE, UK.
Other recent stories
What is land for?
A recent podcast episode from Farmerama explores the debates around ‘land sharing’ and ‘land sparing’, and how food production has been radically shaped by capitalism and markets.
What happened to the global land grab?
Ian Scoones discusses the aftermath and legacies of the ‘global land grab’, with new insights brought together in a recent major conference.
Strange Natures
To accompany our new zine, browse the full series of entries to our season on ‘Strange Natures’, including short films and podcast episodes.
Join the network
Future Natures aims to support a network that includes diverse communities of researchers, commoners, and commoning-aligned artists, writers, makers and others.
Our networking space aims to provide ways for people to connect across borders, places and experiences. The space includes a discussion forum and ways to share information or ideas with other people in the network.