Composting, as a feminist practice, has been taken up by an open, cross-institutional, trans-disciplinary reading and research group exploring the traces, legacies and relations between inclusive feminisms and broad Environmental Humanities over the last six years. The Composting Feminisms and Environmental Humanities group wishes to connect with composting kin around the world through this second open panel at 4S. At 4S 2018 we held a full day of interconnecting open discussions examining the transnational intersections between new environmentalisms and feminist STS. Forming good relations and worlding better worlds informs all of our endeavors, making 4S 2020 an ideal venue for Composting.

The Composting group exists because although we cannot envision feminisms without attending to queer, Indigenous, anti-racist, anticolonial, crip, and other intersectional perspectives, often environmental thought neglects these questions. How might we attune ourselves to the ways in which new ideas are indebted to writings, readings and practices that have come before? How are feminist genealogies composted in and through the Environmental Humanities? What ethics of care and responsibility emerge from these ideas? What is yet to be added to the compost pile? We encourage submissions that continue the process of breaking down matters to re-emerge as new matters. Together we attune ourselves to the good (and fraught) relations that already exist and are yet to be formed between these modes of knowing.

To expand the conversation, submissions that queer the traditional format and offer creative provocations which embody the research are encouraged, including performances, ficto-criticism, art and speculative design.