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Margret Grebowicz to hold lecture at CRIC festival for critical culture

Margret Grebowicz to hold lecture at CRIC festival for critical culture

Skopje, 20 May 2023 (MIA) - Polish author Margret Grebowicz is set to give a lecture followed by a discussion on "The Invention of Enrichment: Dogs, Humans, Food, and Work" at the Jadro Cultural Center on Saturday evening as part of this year's 8th edition of the CRIC festival for critical culture. 

 

Grebowicz is a continental philosopher, researching environmental imagination and desire. She is especially interested in wilderness, public lands, wild animals, and pet-keeping.

 

She has authored the following books: Rescue Me: On Dogs and Their Humans (2021), Mountains and Desire: Climbing vs. The End of the World (2020), Whale Song (2017), The National Park to Come (2015), Beyond the Cyborg: Adventures with Donna Haraway (2015, co-authored with Helen Merrick) and Why Internet Porn Matters (2013). Grebowicz also co-edited Lyotard and Critical Practice (2021) and Still Seeking an Attitude: Critical Reflections on the Work of June Jordan (2004), and edited Gender After Lyotard (2007) and SciFi in the Mind’s Eye: Reading Science Through Science Fiction (2007). 

 

Her current writing projects include Foraging, a book on mushroom foraging and another book about the national parks on the border, titled The Border Sublime.

 

Grebowicz is a native of Poland and is currently affiliated with the University of Silesia in Poland.