Month: December 2025

1. Justice is too heavy to sit on

   At COP29 in Baku, I stood before a bronze woman Justitia blindfolded, heavy, serene. She sat on the back of a starving man. Her scales tipped toward the absurd, her posture toward the unbearable. Beneath her, the man’s bones strained against the metal surface, his form hollowed by the weight of a justice that refuses […]

   blogs.unimelb.edu.au/swisp/2025/12/29/justice-is-too-heavy-to-sit-on

2. Tipping Point Stories from COP30

   Within SWISP Lab’s Hacking the Anthropocene living lab methodology, the “At what point did you realise…?” prompt operates as more than a conversational opening. It is a methodological device that surfaces moments of recognition, rupture, and recalibration. The question directs attention toward critical thresholds: points in ecological, political, and affective systems where conditions shift irreversibly […]

   blogs.unimelb.edu.au/swisp/2025/12/04/tipping-point-stories-from-cop30