The I.N.S.E.C.T. Summercamp, now in its fourth year, brings together people from diverse backgrounds, e.g. design researchers, artists, architects, ecologists, biologists, biotremologists and more. We call ourselves the I.N.S.E.C.T. Collective.

The camp is based on co-creation, which means that our vision is just a starting point and framework for you to bring your ideas, questions, and interests so we can explore and manifest them together. However, over the past years we have developed a certain methodology that supports us in connecting with specific aspects of the local ecosystem and merging human and more-than-human perspectives. Co-creation and embodiment are foundations for our human ways to connect to each other and the environment, expanded by a specific focus on a local ecosystem and related companion species (a method we developed inspired by Haraway's Camille Stories). The two perspectives are worked with through the focus groups Mapping Ecologies, Becoming, and Critical Making.

For further contact, reach out to us via insectworldings@gmail.com.

Over the next 3 years, the I.N.S.E.C.T. Summercamp is connected with the artistic research project Weaving as Worlding Practices with Earth Beings (WeB) which is funded by the Swedish Research Council (2024/02147). This includes the participation of the nation of Sarayaku. The design of the spiral sun visuals is the intellectual property of Sarayaku.