Essay

The script of this film can be read as an essay here. It has also been translated into Dutch.

The exhibition Lithium is part of a long-term research project on the socio-political and environmental implications of this element. Selected essays are published on this website.

David Habets

David Habets works at the crossroads of landscape architecture, applied science and arts. He studied technical physics at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences and TU Eindhoven, and holds an MA from the Academy for Building Arts in Amsterdam. Among other independent projects, he has worked as a researcher and designer at TNO, the Holst Centre, REDscape and RAAAF (Rietveld Architecture-Art-Affordances).

Stefan Schäfer

Stefan Schäfer leads a research group on emerging technologies and social transformations in the Anthropocene at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam. His research examines the role of science and technology in contemporary politics, with a focus on democracy, sustainability and climate engineering. He is also a visiting fellow in the Science, Technology and Society Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and an associate fellow at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society at the University of Oxford.

Cameron Hu

Cameron Hu is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Chicago. His research explores the political-economic and techno-scientific logics that shape the global fossil energy frontiers. His work engages with ethnographic fieldwork and archival research into petroleum geology, oilfield work, energy finance, oil economics, environmental politics and corporate forecasting. His essays have been published in Scapegoat, On-Site, C Magazine and Tactical Media, among other platforms.