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PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ECOLOGICAL TURN Within the broader framework of ARCHIVO’s 2026 annual program, Archival Entanglements: Researching Ecologies of Care, the ARCHIVO Advanced Research Seminar 2026 explores the intersections between photography, archives, and environmental thought. It examines how photographic and archival practices mediate relations between human and non-human worlds in contexts of ecological crisis. Combining theoretical reflection with practice-based engagement, the seminar invites participants to consider archives as dynamic infrastructures and photographs as instruments that both document and reimagine ecological realities. It fosters critical inquiry into how these practices generate alternative modes of knowledge, cultivate ethical awareness, and promote gestures of care and responsibility. By emphasizing collaborative discussion and research-led exchange, the program equips participants with conceptual tools and methodological strategies relevant for scholarship, curatorial practice, and artistic intervention. The ARCHIVO Advanced Research Seminar 2026 invites doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to submit a proposal based on their ongoing research, as well as from practitioners and artists engaged in practice-led research. We welcome applications from researchers working in both Western and non-Western contexts, with the aim of fostering a diverse, inclusive, and critically engaged environment for dialogue and exchange. The seminar will take place from February to June 2026 through weekly online sessions, including lectures, webinars, artist talks, reading groups, and individual mentorship. Fifteen candidates will be selected to join the seminar cohort and further develop their research projects. Partial scholarships will be available for participants who require financial support.