Panel for Planetary Thinking

From November 18 to 20, 2025 Patrick Flamm participated in the final conference of the Panel for Planetary Thinking at the University of Giessen at Castle Rauischholzhausen on the topic “From Relations to Politics: Pathways Toward a Planetary Praxis.” Since 2021, the panel has been pooling knowledge at the University of Giessen in order to help shape the international debate with its own research perspective on planetary thinking. In collaboration with international scientists from various disciplines and international artists, holistic perspectives on issues relating to planet-human relations have been promoted in Giessen and beyond.

Patrick was part of the artistic intervention “Glacial Vocabulary,” which was organized by Angela Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings from the Iceland University of the Arts. Together with Ólafur Páll Jónsson and Ole Martin Sandberg from the University of Iceland the participants discussed about glacial movement and agency in a “deliberative glacier assembly.” Angela Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings, Ólafur Páll Jónsson and Ole Martin Sandberg are part of the Icelandic rights of nature campaign Snæfellsjökul fyrir forseta, which nominated a glacier as a candidate for the Icelandic presidential election.