North by Northeast

NXNE was a three day immersive hosted event focused on posthumanism and the energy transition in the North Atlantic Rim. We explored key post humanist ideas such as kin-making, sympoesis, entanglement, the ontological turn, notions of cyborg and companion species, ghosts & monsters and the philosophical genealogy of post humanism in the context of asking what should education look, feel and sound like as we transition from industrial to regenerative practice.

The sessions included policy makers from Education Scotland, academics from the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Harvard Project Zero, Aarhus university, Melbourne University, NGOs and the International School of Aberdeen and Newtowne School in Cambridge Massachusetts, alongside students who are still experiencing school. The event was supported by a partnership with the Peacock Gallery, Aberdeen, and the artist Ade Adesina.