POSTPONED – THECO’s Permanent Seminar THECO, 05/03/202616/04/2026 Unfortunately, the next session of the THECO Permanent Seminar has been canceled. We will announce the new date shortly. ———————————— On 27 March, Pedro Coiro and Juan Manuel Agulles will be speaking at the THECO’s Permanent Seminar, presenting a session entitled ‘Socio-technical conflicts and their cinematic representation based on a…
19/03 | Seminar: “Technology, Decent Living, and Ecosocial Crisis”: What is an Alternative Technology? THECO, 04/03/202616/04/2026 On March 19th, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, we will have the second session of the seminar “Technology, Decent Living and Ecosocial Crisis” , a series of conferences designed to reflect on the necessary transformation of our current tools and systems. The seminar can be followed in person in…
Support for the Seco Social Cente THECO, 03/03/202616/04/2026 The Ecological Techniques and Humanities Research Group (THECO) wishes to express its support and appreciation for the work carried out by the Seco Social Center throughout its thirty-five-year history. This extensive community experience working for the common good is essential to understanding the history of the Adelfas and Pacífico neighborhoods….
13/03 “The EU’s Chainsaw in the Service of Fossil Capital” with Tom Kucharz THECO, 02/03/202616/04/2026 We are pleased to invite you to a discussion session on the article “The EU’s Chainsaw in the Service of Fossil Capital”, published in El Salto and written by Tom Kucharz. The session will be led by the author himself, who will present and discuss the main arguments of the text. The article…
12/03 Degrowth, theory and practice: Industrial renewables are not the end of the energy transition THECO, 26/02/202616/04/2026 Next Thursday, March 12, the second session of the seminar Degrowth, theory and practice will take place, under the title Industrial renewables are not the end of the energy transition, led by Luis G. Reyes. The session will take place from 12:00 to 14:00 in Room 217 of Building A of the Faculty…
09-10/03 Seminar Animals to Come: Artistic Practices and Writings to Rethink the Binaries of Species and Gender THECO, 26/02/202612/03/2026 March 9 and 10, Humanities Library, Getafe Campus, Carlos III University of Madrid (multipurpose room and DVD room). The modern paradigm that still separates nature and culture is founded on an ontological chasm theorized by René Descartes, who banished animals other than humans, as well as people socialized as women….
06/03 Seminar “AI, from imaginaries to controversies” THECO, 26/02/202616/04/2026 Next Friday, March 6, the seminar “AI, from imaginaries to controversies” will take place, taught in English by researcher Alberto Romelle from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University of Paris. The session will take place in the usual classroom of the THECO Permanent Seminar, Room 17.2.47 at Ortega y Gasset building, from…
05/03 S4N Webinar: River Rights from the Perspective of the Rights of Living Beings THECO, 25/02/202616/04/2026 Next Thursday, March 5th , the Council of Guardians of Nature in Mexico will present its book, “Water, Symbol and Metaphor: Exploring Water from Multiple Perspectives.” In the first presentation, one of the book’s editors, Manuel Hurtado, will introduce the book’s contents and main themes. Following this, Claudia Brindis will…
05/03 Online Seminar: “Technology, Decent Living, and Ecosocial Crisis: What is a Decent life?” THECO, 25/02/202616/04/2026 We are pleased to invite you to the online seminar “Technology, Decent Living, and Ecosocial Crisis,” a lecture series designed to reflect on the necessary transformation of our current tools and systems. In this series, researchers from both the Global North and South will gather to discuss how our technical…
THECO’s Permanent Seminar – Face-to-face debate without the speaker. THECO, 03/02/202616/04/2026 Due to health problems, the debate will continue without the speaker in the usual room of the THECO Permanent Seminar ( room 17.2.47, Building 17 – Getafe Campus). _________________________________________________________________ Next February 27 we will have Kris De Decker at the THECO’s Permanent Seminar, with a session titled “High-tech problems, obsolete…