In our first workshop on the 9th July we will visit community gardens in Hackney, east London to explore More-than-Human relations in the smart city. Still some places left: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pets-and-pes…

Our second workshop takes place at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, on the 19th July. We will explore More-than-Human relations in the urban cemetery together. eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-and-dea…

Looking forward to fun and games with moth_cities crew today with Sara Heitlinger Sneak preview of fab probes by @irs_goldsmiths

THREAD: Yesterday I joined moth_cities to walk between community gardens on Graham Road and in Haggerston Park and talk about what connecting our green spaces might mean for different and multiple species. #MOTH

In addition to our much-loved #Hackney parks there are more than 60 community gardens, orchards and green spaces offering respite from busy streets and a chance to grow food and flowers.

The support of groups like @cordwainersgrow is invaluable – it was great to hear how they're partnering in this data and technology project and supporting gardeners and growers across #Hackney

The much-anticipated booklet for the moth_cities workshops has arrived! I had a blast participating and I am grateful I could share some reflections in the booklet. Many thanks Sara Heitlinger ,[email protected] and everybody involved. #morethanhuman #urbanfutures

How might we design urban spaces to be more hospitable for a fox? 🦊 What kinds of urban #data might a parakeet find useful? 🦜 We explored what it means to design for data interactions through what we call a more-than-human perspective. openlab.ncl.ac.uk/research/more-…

In this project we used creative methods to decentre human perspectives and instead draw attention to the ways in which humans and non-human others — such as soil, trees, foxes, weeds and insects — rely on each other to flourish in urban spaces.

The More-than-Human Data Interactions in Smart Cities or the MoTH Cities project was a research collaboration that involved academics across five institutions incl Open Lab - Newcastle University, HDI Network, HCID.CITY, University of Warwick, Goldsmiths, University of London & LSE.

If you go out in the park today... Rachel Clarke, @EFBarker & daniel.parry explored Leazes Park with the more-than-human discovery box last week. If you're interested in trying out the box please get in touch with Rachel Clarke or Sara Heitlinger.