In this course, we’ll first expand what we might mean by ‘technology’. The engineering of the termite mound; the octopuses’ garden; the ways nonhumans and humans alike manipulate our material surroundings. We’ll look at contemporary ecopoets paying attention to the material reality and damage of contemporary digital and ‘cloud’ technologies, infrastructures and resource extractions: poets such as J.R. Carpenter, Olivia McCannon, and Khairani Barokka.

Throughout this course, we will explore a decolonial ecopoetics with a view to exploring technologies that honour connectedness to land and the longer memories of Indigenous Knowledges (IK), as well as the geopolitics of ‘green technologies’. We will also explore the intersection of queer- and techno-ecopoetics, looking at LGBT+ poets who engage with technologies within and beyond the body in non-normative ways.

Caleb Parkin was Bristol City Poet 2020 – 22. His work explores the connections between environment, gender and identity; the ways we share space with each other and with other species; and the unruly, uncontrollable qualities of what we call Nature. 

5 fortnightly sessions over 10 weeks, starting 23 January 2026. No live chats. Suitable for UK & International students.

Dates: 23 January - 3 April 2026
Location: Online
Cost: £135

Further info and to book here