Rania Ghosn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3470845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rania Ghosn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rania |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghosn |
| SIGNATURE | GHOSN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Afterlife of Energy
In the conclusion to her book The Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work, political scientist Cara Daggett considers “A Post-Work Energy Politics” in which she examines the historical coupling of energy and work—meaning human, waged work—in an invitation to disassociate their values and futures. The exponential power of fossil fuels animated the pipedream that powerful, inorganic slaves could substitute unfree hum…
In Conversation with Nerea Calvillo, Meredith TenHoor, and Jessica Varner
Figure 1. In the Air/C + arquitectos, Yellow Dust, Seoul, 2017. Photo: Daniel Ruiz.An end to reliance on fossil fuels invites us to consider architecture’s complicity with the destructive and toxic
(Un)Making Worlds
Injustice and oppression are global in scale. Why? Because Trans-Atlantic slavery and colonialism built the world we live in, and slavery and colonialism were unjust and oppressive. If we want repa
Elephant in the Room
Elephant in the Room is a speculative ecofeminist fable for the climate crisis. The animation addresses the elephant in the room—the climate emergency—by telling the story of one elephant who takes action to combat environmental injustice and climate change
A Flooded Thirsty World
New stories and images are necessary to bolster an ethical inquiry of climate change and mobilize climate action. But what form should such stories take? In this essay, I argue that speculative fiction can make public the climate crisis, not only as a calamity of the physical environment but also as a predicament of the cultural environment—of the systems of representation through which society has related to complex environmental issues among th…
Of Oil and Ice
Geographies of Trash
The authors would like to thank the following individuals for their contribution to the project: Ben Hagenhoffer, Christina Kull, Hans Papke, Jonathan Puff, and Aaron Weller as well as Luke Bulman (Thumb) for his graphic collaboration on the research publication. We are also grateful for comments received from Caroline Constant and Amy Kulper.Geographies of TrashAll authorsRania Ghosn & El Hadi Jazairyhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10464883.2013.817179P…
Geographies of Trash
The authors would like to thank the following individuals for their contribution to the project: Ben Hagenhoffer, Christina Kull, Hans Papke, Jonathan Puff, and Aaron Weller as well as Luke Bulman (Thumb) for his graphic collaboration on the research publication. We are also grateful for comments received from Caroline Constant and Amy Kulper.Geographies of TrashAll authorsRania Ghosn & El Hadi Jazairyhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10464883.2013.817179P…
Geographies of Trash
The authors would like to thank the following individuals for their contribution to the project: Ben Hagenhoffer, Christina Kull, Hans Papke, Jonathan Puff, and Aaron Weller as well as Luke Bulman (Thumb) for his graphic collaboration on the research publication. We are also grateful for comments received from Caroline Constant and Amy Kulper.Geographies of TrashAll authorsRania Ghosn & El Hadi Jazairyhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10464883.2013.817179P…
Of Oil and Ice
A Flooded Thirsty World
New stories and images are necessary to bolster an ethical inquiry of climate change and mobilize climate action. But what form should such stories take? In this essay, I argue that speculative fiction can make public the climate crisis, not only as a calamity of the physical environment but also as a predicament of the cultural environment—of the systems of representation through which society has related to complex environmental issues among th…
Elephant in the Room
Elephant in the Room is a speculative ecofeminist fable for the climate crisis. The animation addresses the elephant in the room—the climate emergency—by telling the story of one elephant who takes action to combat environmental injustice and climate change
The Afterlife of Energy
In the conclusion to her book The Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work, political scientist Cara Daggett considers “A Post-Work Energy Politics” in which she examines the historical coupling of energy and work—meaning human, waged work—in an invitation to disassociate their values and futures. The exponential power of fossil fuels animated the pipedream that powerful, inorganic slaves could substitute unfree hum…
In Conversation with Nerea Calvillo, Meredith TenHoor, and Jessica Varner
Figure 1. In the Air/C + arquitectos, Yellow Dust, Seoul, 2017. Photo: Daniel Ruiz.An end to reliance on fossil fuels invites us to consider architecture’s complicity with the destructive and toxic
(Un)Making Worlds
Injustice and oppression are global in scale. Why? Because Trans-Atlantic slavery and colonialism built the world we live in, and slavery and colonialism were unjust and oppressive. If we want repa
Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works)