On June 25-27, 2026, the University of Beira Interior (Portugal) will host the International Conference Making Kin as a Practice of Care: Habitable Bodies or Unexpected Alliances between Ecology, Technology, and Feminism. The event is organized by Teresa Nunes, Ana Madeira and Tomás Correia.

The conference aims to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on the possible relations, intersections, and articulations between ecology, technology, and feminism, centered on Donna Haraway’s concept of "making kin"—spanning from Classical Antiquity to the recent Digital Age.

This way, researchers are invited to submit presentation proposals within the three main strands of the congress—feminism, ecology and technology—placing them in dialogue through perspectives such as ecofeminism, transhumanism, new materialisms, the ethics of care, decolonial thought, among others. Proposals must be submitted in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, or Italian to makingkin@outlook.pt by April 7, 2026.

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