Astrida Neimanis

Biography

 

Astrida Neimanis, feminist cultural theorist and Associate Professor at the UBC Okanagan, author of »Bodies of Water: Posthuman Feminist Phenomenology« (Bloomsbury, 2017)

Astrida Neimanis is Associate Professor of Feminist Environmental Humanities at the UBC Okanagan, on unceded Syilx territory in Kelowna, BC. Her most recent book, »Bodies of Water: Posthuman Feminist Phenomenology«, explores the shared watery constitution of human bodies and all other planetary life, as a starting point for rethinking environmental ethics, aesthetics, and justice. Often in dialogue with artists and artworks, her work has recently been featured at the 2021 Shanghai Biennale, the 2020 Riga Biennale, and the 2019 Lofoten Biennale.