BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7188ced12e66281734ecabfa07a8a2e0 DTSTAMP:20260617T140307Z SUMMARY:Seminar with Romain Francois R Chuffart DESCRIPTION:Kontakt: sustainability@jur.lu.se\n\nScreening for Sustainabili ty Seminars \;Romain Francois R ChuffartThis article investigates the colonial legal repetitions that emerge as autonomous shipping vessels are deployed in the Arctic region. Through examining the extractive component of autonomous shipping\, we uncover how autonomous shipping operations con tribute to an “Othering” and reification of the Arctic\; ignoring exis ting forms of knowledge and systems for knowing the Arctic and mirroring p rior forms of colonial displacement. We argue that this reification constr ucts a form of data nullius that functions as autonomous colonisation: rep eating earlier legal constructions of terra nullius to justify re-mapping through extractive lens that frame the more-than-human as requiring master y and offering humans sites of ownership. Through examining how autonomous shipping contributes to the commodification of the Arctic\, we highlight how the digitization and automation of Arctic shipping operations strip th e region of its sensory and cultural dimensions\, reducing it to a data-dr iven environment where ice and marine ecosystems are seen merely as obstac les or data points that has legal\, social and cultural ramifications. Thi s detachment from the Arctic's tangible realities facilitates a reconfigur ation of agency\, where human and more-than-human entities lose their acti ng capacity in the face of overarching technological and economic agendas that are consolidated through legal relations. Through the lens of posthum an feminism\, we explore the consequences of neglecting the Arctic’s eco logical and cultural agency\, proposing a critical reflection on what is l ost and what new forms of agency emerge in this transitionBioDr. Romain Ch uffart is the Nansen Professor in Arctic Studies (2024–2026) at the Univ ersity of Akureyri in Iceland to promote scientific collaboration between Iceland and Norway. Romain is also the President and Managing Director of The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar Security Studies\, a 501c3 n onprofit organisation in Washington D.C. (USA). He holds a PhD in Law from Durham University and an MA in Polar Law from the University of Akureyri.  \;His research interests include human rights and the rights of Indi genous Peoples\, international environmental law\, Arctic and ocean govern ance\, and the law of the sea. Romain also conducts more theoretical resea rch on public international law combining insights from political theory\, international relations\, political geography\, and other social sciences .Contact:If you want to attend online please contact sustainability@jur.lu .sePartners:This seminar is made possible thanks to the support of Formas\ , the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation\, and the Centre for Europ ean Studies (CFE) at Lund University \;\n\nMer information om händels en: https://www.jur.lu.se/evenemang/seminar-romain-francois-r-chuffart DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20260529T081500 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20260529T100000 LOCATION:Röda tornrummet & via Zoom END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR