Living Otherwise - NEB Satellite Event 2026

Inspirational talk
Margarita Köhl, CampusVäre

Keynote: Otros Futuros
Marcela Torres Heredia

Moderation: Margarita Köhl

_{Marcela Torres Heredia}

_{Keynote: Otros Futuros
How can we jointly design and negotiate futures of social, ecological, and territorial justice? Other Futures is a project that creates a dialogue and exchange space between actors from Latin America (Abya Yala) and Austria to make socio-ecological transformation alternatives visible and co-produce knowledge. It emphasizes participants’ overarching visions and their translatability across regions and
sectors. By questioning “technology-as-savior” narratives, it foregrounds ethical principles to guide technologies for our shared futures. The dialogues counter catastrophic-future narratives through perspectives of people who have already navigated complex crises in their territories. Building a “common house” serves to activate perspectives and action fields, translating reflection into shared interpretations and practical steps.}

_{About the person:
Marcela Torres Heredia (Bogotá/Austria) is a PhD candidate in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna. She is a researcher and activist and is involved in various forms of cultural and political outreach. Her research focuses on decoloniality, feminism, social inequality and justice, and intersectionality.
She is currently co-director of “Viena Latina”, a research project by the Wien Museum on Latin American migration to Vienna since 1945. She is also co-editor of the issue of the “Journal for Development Studies” entitled “Disturbing Europe – Struggles Between Coloniality and Decolonization”. She is involved in several activist initiatives, including “Decolonizing in Vienna!”, a group that critically examines colonial continuities in Vienna’s public spaces.}

_{Flurina Seger}

_{Keynote: Supergut
Biodiversity looks after us. Let’s look after it.  ‘supergut’ is an initiative aimed at promoting biodiversity in Liechtenstein.
Launched in 2023 by the Hilti Foundation, a charitable foundation that is also socially engaged in other areas. We want to give biodiversity the voice it deserves. Anyone who begins to grasp its hitherto massively underestimated role will also want to contribute to its protection. That is what we believe in, and that is what we are working towards. Why the name ‘supergut’? Not because biodiversity is a good that is truly ‘super’. (Although that would fit quite well.)  First and foremost, because saving the world – and starting in Liechtenstein – is nothing less than ‘supergut’.}

_{About the person:
A graduate in educational science and cultural management, she has been the Biodiversity Project Manager at the Hilti Family Foundation since 2025. Prior to that, she spent five years heading the “Lebenswertes Liechtenstein” Foundation, which promotes sustainable social, environmental and economic development.}