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7. 4. 2025
Posredujemo vam vabilo na mesečni seminar predstavitev dela EUTOPIA-SIF raziskovalcev, ki bo potekal v četrtek, 10. aprila 2025 ob 13.00 na ZOOM-u (povezava: https://cyu-fr.zoom.us/j/92790060737?pwd=Qt4flc1wroPyjNo7Kj9GN1nt0IOMA9.1) . Spremljanje vsebine seminarja omogoča dober vpogled v mednarodne raziskovalne aktivnosti, ki potekajo pod okriljem zveze EUTOPIA. Program je na voljo spodaj. Predstavitev bo imela tudi raziskovalka dr. Giustina Selvelli, UL, Filozofska fakulteta.
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Within the framework of the EUTOPIA Science and Innovation Fellowship Programme, monthly fellow’s seminars will take place, in which the 40 researchers enrolled in the two cohorts will in turn present their research projects.
We are therefore delighted to invite you to the upcoming EUTOPIA-SIF Fellows Seminar, on Thursday 10 April, 13:00-14:30 CET.
The seminar will be held on Zoom: https://cyu-fr.zoom.us/j/92790060737?pwd=Qt4flc1wroPyjNo7Kj9GN1nt0IOMA9.1
The event will be open at the EUTOPIA level, please disseminate it to the relevant people it can interest.
Event Schedule:
| 13:00 – 13:05 | Introduction | |
| Cohort 3 (2023-2025) | ||
| 13:05 – 13:15 | Fellow Presentation | |
| Speaker | Giustina Selvelli (University of Ljubljana) | |
| Project Title | State-led environmental destruction in two Eastern European borderlands and endangered heritage: a minority perspective | |
| Abstract | In this talk, I present my comparative research on the implications of mining activities in the German region of Lusatia and in the Timok Valley in Serbia, inhabited by the Sorbian and Vlach ethnic minorities respectively. I highlight the harmfulness of the extractive industry to both the natural environment and to cultural and linguistic diversity in what can be defined as an ‘ecocultural’ damage in a minority rights perspective. I maintain that small ethnic minority groups at the so-called margins of Europe have been disproportionately affected by patterns of environmental destruction which threaten their survival as distinct socio-cultural entities. | |
| 13:15 – 13:25 | Q&A | |
| 13:25 – 13:35 | Fellow Presentation | |
| Speaker | Aditya Singh (University of Warwick) | |
| Project Title | Electron channeling contrast imaging of ferroelastic domains | |
| Abstract | When crystals change shape slightly, it can create tiny twin-like regions inside them, affecting their structure and properties. These small regions, called ferroelastic twins, often appear in materials used for advanced electronics. However, directly seeing these tiny regions without damaging the material has been difficult, especially in materials that also have electric polarization (ferroelectricity). In this study, we show how a technique called Electron Channeling Contrast (ECC) imaging, used in a scanning electron microscope, can map these tiny regions in different oxide-based ferroelastic materials. Our method works on different material setups, from single thin layers to more complex structures, with a very high resolution of about 10 nanometers. | |
| 13:35 – 13:45 | Q&A | |
| Cohort 4 (2024-2026) | ||
| 13:45 – 14:05 | Fellow Presentation | |
| Speaker | Swagata Chaudhuri (Vrije Universiteit Brussels) | |
| Project Title | Ancient Earth, Modern Warning: Climate Lessons from the Fossils | |
| Abstract | The Eocene period, around 56 million years ago, was a time of extreme climate change, with global temperatures rising rapidly. This ancient warming event is similar to what we see happening today due to human activity. CO₂ levels exceeded 600 ppm then, a threshold we may hit by 2100 if emissions persist. This study focuses on fossilized marine organisms called foraminifera. Their shells hold chemical clues about past temperatures, rainfall, and environmental shifts. By analysing these shells, a clearer picture of past Earth’s climate change can be drawn, and it will enhance the predictions for the future climate precisely. | |
| 14:05 –
14:15 |
Q&A | |
| 14:15 – 14:25 | Fellow Presentation | |
| Speaker | Ben Scott (CY Cergy Paris University) | |
| Project Title | Interrogating the politics of Francophone workplace documentary in the neoliberal era: from pre-production to reception | |
| Abstract | The workplace has undergone profound transformations in the neoliberal era, many of which penetrate deeply into people’s everyday lives. By extension, workplace developments are at the foundations of some of the most significant socio-economic problems of neoliberalism. The positioning of the workplace at the crux of the powerful socio-economic forces of neoliberalism is one reason that it has been a key focus of politically orientated documentary filmmakers in the contemporary era, to the extent that workplace documentary represents a substantial body of work within the broader filmmaking landscape. However, the relationship between workplace documentary and its broader contexts has often remained under-examined by scholars. This study makes a significant intervention, interrogating the politics of French-language workplace documentary through an interdisciplinary analysis which considers three interrelated strands: the economic and cultural conditions within which documentary acts and attempts to act upon; the creative labour of filmmakers and their participants; and the narrative and aesthetic strategies of the films themselves. In drawing connections between these different forms of analysis, the project promises to open up broad-reaching insights on the potentialities, limitations, and broader political ramifications of Francophone workplace documentary in the neoliberal conjuncture. | |
| 14:25 –
14:35 |
Q&A | |
