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Post-Plastic Ecologies: Indigenous Knowledge, Biomimetics, and Material Futures in Practice

  • Tacey, Ivan (PI - Principal Investigator)
  • Kilburn, John (CoI - Co-Investigator)
  • Smith, Oliver (CoI - Co-Investigator)
  • Koyok, Shaq (CoI - Co-Investigator)
  • Were, Graeme (CoI - Co-Investigator)
  • Gebeshuber, Ille (CoI - Co-Investigator)
  • Man, Zanisah (CoI - Co-Investigator)
  • Vienna University of Technology
  • University Kebangsaan Malaysia

Project: Research

Project Details

Overview

The project develops an ethically robust, community-led methodology and consolidate an interdisciplinary team to address the material, cultural, ethical, and political dimensions of plastic alternatives. It integrates Indigenous-led material knowledge and decision making; biomimetic perspectives; anthropological and criminological analysis of plastic economies; and arts-based research practices
for inquiry, documentation, and knowledge generation.

Project Aims

This project aims to generate insights across three interrelated domains: material knowledge, environmental practices, and methodological innovation.
Short titlePost-Plastics
StatusActive
Effective start/end date1/04/2630/01/27

Collaborative partners

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  4. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  5. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land