Hello, my name is Semine and I am a researcher and writer, born and based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
I write about colonialism, museums and the history of science in Denmark, Malaysia, and Singapore. I am the author of Take Root Eat Root (Obra Press 2024), a book about colonial botany in Honduras and Malaysia. Other book projects include co-translating Karen Barad into Danish for Art Hub Copenhagen. I have also worked on a virtual recipe garden and written about industrial fruit distribution. I am currently affiliated with the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at Copenhagen University.
I have been a research fellow at MIT, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the architecture practice APRDELESP. I have worked as a consultant at the National Health Service England and at ReD Associates. I hold a BA in Art History with Distinction from Cambridge University and a MSc in Architecture Studies from MIT.
I was part of the 2024 cohort at School for Poetic Computation, and in recent months, I have lectured at MassArt and Nanyang Tech and published writing in the Funambulist, Politiken, resilience.org and Føljeton. You can see my full CV here and get in touch at: seminelong at gmail dot com
I write about colonialism, museums and the history of science in Denmark, Malaysia, and Singapore. I am the author of Take Root Eat Root (Obra Press 2024), a book about colonial botany in Honduras and Malaysia. Other book projects include co-translating Karen Barad into Danish for Art Hub Copenhagen. I have also worked on a virtual recipe garden and written about industrial fruit distribution. I am currently affiliated with the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at Copenhagen University.
I have been a research fellow at MIT, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the architecture practice APRDELESP. I have worked as a consultant at the National Health Service England and at ReD Associates. I hold a BA in Art History with Distinction from Cambridge University and a MSc in Architecture Studies from MIT.
I was part of the 2024 cohort at School for Poetic Computation, and in recent months, I have lectured at MassArt and Nanyang Tech and published writing in the Funambulist, Politiken, resilience.org and Føljeton. You can see my full CV here and get in touch at: seminelong at gmail dot com
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