@inproceedings{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Technology in the Anthropocene: Is Homo Hortensis the 'New Man'?}, series = {Sounding Out the Anthropocene}, booktitle = {Sounding Out the Anthropocene}, publisher = {Critical Media Lab Newsletter}, address = {Basel}, abstract = {Keynote lecture 11.3.2016 at the International Exploratory Workshop "Sounding Out the Anthropocene", organized by IXDM and the GfM-AG Auditive Kultur und Sound Studies, Basel, March 10.-11., 2016}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {From Homo Faber to Homo Hortensis: Gardening Practices in the Anthropocene}, series = {Growing in Cities. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Gardening, Book of abstracts, part 3}, booktitle = {Growing in Cities. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Gardening, Book of abstracts, part 3}, address = {Basel}, pages = {S. 55}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {"Wrap-up"}, series = {Transmedia Matters: Researching Electronic Waste}, booktitle = {Transmedia Matters: Researching Electronic Waste}, address = {Basel, Marburg}, pages = {5}, abstract = {International Workshop "Transmedia Matters: Researching Electronic Waste" organized by the research project „Times of Critical Media Lab, Institut f{\"u}r Experimentelle Design- und Medienkulturen HGK FHNW Basel, November 3.-4., 2016 "Wrap-Up Session: Overall Commentary" at the International Workshop "Maps and Apps: Mobile media and the reconfigurations of knowledge", University of Marburg November, 10.-11.2016}, language = {en} } @incollection{JaxSchwarz, author = {Jax, Kurt and Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Structure of the Handbook}, series = {Ecology Revisited. Reflecting on Concepts, Advancing Science}, booktitle = {Ecology Revisited. Reflecting on Concepts, Advancing Science}, editor = {Schwarz, Astrid and Jax, Kurt}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, isbn = {978-90-481-97 44-6}, pages = {11 -- 17}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Greening Nanotechnology- new challenge or business as usual?}, series = {nanoECO, Nanoparticles in the Environment, Implications and Applications, 2 - 7 March, 2008, Book of abstracts}, booktitle = {nanoECO, Nanoparticles in the Environment, Implications and Applications, 2 - 7 March, 2008, Book of abstracts}, publisher = {Ascona}, address = {Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verita}, pages = {S. 76}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Jt's al/ about greenness- social experimentation with nanotechnologies}, series = {Converging Technologies: Same Pressing Ethical Issues, Workshop at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Publi Ethics (CAPPE), Canberra, 22. Juli 2009}, booktitle = {Converging Technologies: Same Pressing Ethical Issues, Workshop at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Publi Ethics (CAPPE), Canberra, 22. Juli 2009}, publisher = {Centre for Applied Philosophy and Publi Ethics (CAPPE)}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SlaattelidSchwarzMilburnetal., author = {Slaattelid, Rasmus and Schwarz, Astrid and Milburn, Colin and Rip, Arie}, title = {Roundtable—What World Do Nano Images Afford? (Panel 24)}, series = {S.Net 2011, Arizona, USA 7-10, Abstracts}, booktitle = {S.Net 2011, Arizona, USA 7-10, Abstracts}, language = {en} } @incollection{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Fr{\"u}he limnologische Forschung - Orte, Methoden, Objekte}, series = {Geschichte der Limnologischen Stationen Deutschlands}, booktitle = {Geschichte der Limnologischen Stationen Deutschlands}, editor = {Friedrich, G{\"u}nther and Kosmac, Udo}, publisher = {Schweizerbart}, address = {Stuttgart}, isbn = {978-3-510-65430-7}, pages = {1 -- 3}, language = {de} } @incollection{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {From Homo Faber to Homo Hortensis: Gardening Techniques in the Anthropocene}, series = {Gardens and Human Agency in the Anthropocene}, booktitle = {Gardens and Human Agency in the Anthropocene}, editor = {Diogo, Maria Paula and Rodrigues, Ana Duarte and Sim{\~o}es, Ana and Sarso, Davide}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {New York}, isbn = {9780815346661}, pages = {112 -- 123}, language = {de} } @incollection{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Digit[ale] Dinge: ordnende Finger in unserer Gesellschaft.}, series = {(Un)ergr{\"u}ndlich - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz als Ordnungsstifterin}, booktitle = {(Un)ergr{\"u}ndlich - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz als Ordnungsstifterin}, editor = {Krenn, Karoline and Hunt, Simon and Parycek, Peter}, publisher = {Kompetenzzentrum {\"O}ffentliche IT 2020}, address = {Berlin}, pages = {49 -- 66}, language = {de} } @incollection{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Environmental Humanities im Garten: auf der Spur von Technik-Umwelt-Verh{\"a}ltnissen.}, series = {Environmental Humanities: Geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge zur Umweltforschung.}, booktitle = {Environmental Humanities: Geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge zur Umweltforschung.}, editor = {Schmidt, Matthias and Zapf, Hubert}, publisher = {V\&R unipress}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, isbn = {978-3-7370-1266-9}, pages = {75 -- 91}, language = {de} } @misc{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {新冠与身体环境:生态技术的探究}, series = {科学·经济·社会 = Science Economy Society}, journal = {科学·经济·社会 = Science Economy Society}, language = {mul} } @misc{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Framed Landscapes - or - Without a Frame there is no Landscape}, series = {Iride : filosofia e discussione pubblica}, volume = {34}, journal = {Iride : filosofia e discussione pubblica}, number = {92}, issn = {1122-7893}, doi = {10.1414/101249}, pages = {29 -- 49}, abstract = {With the thesis «Without a frame there is no landscape» I suggest to draw attention to the praxis of a relationship to nature that comes into play when we look at a part of nature as landscape. It is discussed why it should be ascribed neither completely to the realm of a concept which alone constitutes landscape nor to a completely concept-free mode of acting and seeing. Instead, the framing of landscape must be linked to a quite particular praxis: boundaries must be drawn, details defined, materials selected and formed - paper, wood, plants, paving. The frame theory suggests three forms of landscape all being «really constructed». The practical significance of framing is discussed using the example of Kant's landscaped garden, Humboldt's landscape, and Greenaway's cinematic garden drawings. It is shown that, for the time being at least, we will not be able to escape the mode of framed landscape.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Corona und K{\"o}rperumwelten - {\"O}kotechnologische Erkundungen}, series = {Konfigurationen der Zeitlichkeit}, volume = {7}, booktitle = {Konfigurationen der Zeitlichkeit}, editor = {Friedrich, Alexander and Gehring, Petra and Hubig, Christoph and Kaminski, Andreas and Nordmann, Alfred and Hilgers, Thomas and Schwarte, Ludger}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Baden-Baden}, isbn = {978-3-8487-7050-2}, pages = {333 -- 338}, language = {de} } @misc{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Ecotechnology}, series = {Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Environmental Science}, journal = {Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Environmental Science}, number = {October 19}, doi = {10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.134}, abstract = {Ecotechnology is both broad and widespread, yet it has never been given a universally shared definition; this remains the case even in the early 21st century. Given that it is used in the natural, engineering, and social sciences, as well as in design studies, in the philosophy and history of technology and in science policy, perhaps this is not surprising. Indeed, it is virtually impossible to come up with an unambiguous definition for ecotechnology: It should be understood rather as an umbrella term that facilitates connections among different scientific fields and science policy and, in so doing, offers a robust trading zone of ideas and concepts. The term is part of a cultural and sociopolitical framework and, as such, wields explanatory power. Ecotechnology approaches argue for the design of ensembles that embed human action within an ecologically functional environment and mediating this relationship by technological means. Related terms, such as ecotechnics, ecotechniques, ecotechnologies, and eco-technology, are used similarly. In the 1970s, "ecotechnology," along with other terms, gave a voice to an unease and a concern with sociotechnical transformations. This eventually gave rise to the first global environmental movement expressing a comprehensive eco-cultural critique of society-environment relations. Ecotechnology was part of the language used by activists, as well as by social theorists and natural scientists working in the transdisciplinary field of applied ecology. The concept of ecotechnology helped to both establish and "smooth over" environmental matters of concern in the worlds of economics, science, and policymaking. The process of deliberation about a green modernity is still ongoing and characterizes the search for a constructive intermediation between artificial and natural systems following environmentally benign design principles. During the 1980s, disciplinary endeavors flourished in the global academic world, lending ecotechnology more and more visibility. Some of these endeavors, such as restoration ecology and ecological engineering, were rooted in the engineering sciences, but mobilized quite different traditions, namely population biology and systems biology. To date, ecotechnology has been replaced by and large by other terms in applied ecology. Another strand of work resulted in the discipline of social ecology, which developed different focal points, most notably critical political economy and a concern with nature-culture issues in the context of cultural ecology. Finally, more recently, ecotechnology has been discussed in several branches of philosophy that offer different narratives about the epistemic and ontological transformations triggered by an "ecologization" of societies and a theoretical turn toward relationality.}, language = {en} } @incollection{SchwarzLengyel, author = {Schwarz, Astrid and Lengyel, Dominik}, title = {Energizing Future Urbanity (EFU)}, series = {Shared Spaces in Change. Eine Ausstellung im Kornhausforum Bern und im {\"o}ffentlichen Stadtraum Bern.}, booktitle = {Shared Spaces in Change. Eine Ausstellung im Kornhausforum Bern und im {\"o}ffentlichen Stadtraum Bern.}, edition = {1}, publisher = {Kornhausforum Selbstverlag}, address = {Bern}, isbn = {978-3-033-09392-8}, pages = {5 -- 5}, abstract = {Die St{\"a}dte der Zukunft bestehen aus lokalen, quasiautonomen Technik-Umwelt-Ensembles. Die sogenannte T-Cells der BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (-> S72) k{\"o}nnen im Design an die urbane Umwelt individuell angepasst werden.}, language = {de} } @misc{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Composing and Combining: Opposing Constructive Principles?}, series = {Technology \& Language}, volume = {3}, journal = {Technology \& Language}, number = {4}, issn = {2712-9934}, doi = {10.48417/technolang.2022.04.11}, pages = {160 -- 174}, abstract = {Abstract The distinction between the constructive principles of combining and composing is discussed in terms of works of art, nature, and technology. How is the work that emerges from these different principles ultimately constituted and perceived as a definable entity and how is this important for the philosophy of technology? In contrast to composition, combining is presented as a strategy to give more importance to the processual, to the various spatial and temporal couplings and decoupling of the components of a work, to their relationship to their surroundings and also to the relatedness of the observer to the work. Gardenworks can stand for principles of combination as well as principles of composition. They are nature-culture hybrid forms, examples are discussed referring to 17th and 18th-century pleasure gardens. The emphasis on the principle of combination in the case of the English landscape garden ultimately produced a model for a sociotechnical handling with nature-culture constellations based on a policy of democratic principles. This combinational play in the garden can also be seen as a suitable heuristic for dealing with the comprehensive transformation processes occurring in the Anthropocene and for practicing corresponding forms of action.}, language = {en} } @misc{NordmannSchwarzTamborini, author = {Nordmann, Alfred and Schwarz, Astrid and Tamborini, Marco}, title = {Knowing and Controlling the World through Gardenworks and Biorobots: Discussion of Tamborini and Schwarz}, series = {Technology and Language}, volume = {3}, journal = {Technology and Language}, number = {4}, issn = {2712-9934}, doi = {10.48417/technolang.2022.04.12}, pages = {175 -- 186}, abstract = {The papers by Marco Tamborini „Philosophy of Biorobotics: Translating and Composing Biohybrid Forms" and Astrid Schwarz „Composing and Combining: Opposing Constructive Principles?" outline different positions on mimesis and composition as the fundamental practices of homo faber. A critical commentary seeks to highlight their differences. Tamborini specifies homo faber as homo translator who moves between different media of presentation and expression. Reproduction in another medium entails a back and forth which defines the work of the translator: a novel is reproduced by a film, the movement of a salamander is reproduced by a machine, an architectural design is reproduced by a physical building. Schwarz promotes homo hortensis who practices gardening, widely understood, in different ways - by composing and imposing a plan, or by combining and incorporating the dynamics of physical and biological processes. She foregrounds a creative and constructive act which is profoundly mundane in that it assimilates the world into the works of technology and art. Engineers, designers, architects, and planners are gardeners of sorts in that they are world-makers, tending to works and worlds. This resonates, of course, with ideas of the anthropocene and the epochal role of humans in planetary affairs. - The authors then respond constructively to the critical commentary, seeking common ground among the three positions.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {Unterirdisches Holz}, series = {99 Zukunftsobjekte aus der Lausitz}, booktitle = {99 Zukunftsobjekte aus der Lausitz}, editor = {Staemmler, Johannes}, edition = {1. Auflage}, publisher = {CH.Links}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-96289-228-9}, pages = {176 -- 177}, abstract = {Aus der Perspektive einer Kohlenstoffgesellschaft reduziert sich der Wert des unterirdischen Holzes - der Braunkohle - auf seinen Brennwert. Der kulturgeschichtliche Blick hingegen er{\"o}ffnet ein vielschichtiges Bild der fossilen materiellen Kultur.}, language = {de} } @misc{Schwarz, author = {Schwarz, Astrid}, title = {More-than-human in the garden : living with Homo hortensis}, series = {Cultural Science Journal}, volume = {14 (2024)}, journal = {Cultural Science Journal}, number = {1}, doi = {10.2478/csj-2024-0017}, pages = {128 -- 135}, abstract = {In contrast to Homo faber, Homo hortensis does not side with technical production. He is dependent on dealing with inhomogeneous, 'impure' ensembles and can thus offer an interesting approach of acting in the age of the Anthropocene. Dealing with the interweaving of the natural and the artificial, craftsmanship and mechanization, local traditional and scientific knowledge is inherent in gardening practice and has been this way for centuries. Homo hortensis is a genuinely technoscientific person for whom the garden is an ecotechnical product of co-produced knowledge and material. The garden is a counterpart and demands attentive perception, and in this sense offers a model for a convivial mode to live with many others. The garden demands a sense of situatedness and requires the gardener to constantly position himself in his gardening work. This is where Homo hortensis differs dramatically from other forms of horticultural management, for example in geoengineering, industrial agriculture and many sustainability industries.}, language = {en} }