Rasa Weber is an academic and researcher who investigates a queer ecological approach to underwater habitat formation and its sympoietic potential for shaping life within blasted seascapes. At the intersection of marine biology, anthropology, and design, she explores convivial approaches involving human, animal, and microbial actors in the ocean. Her publications address design research in open environments, queer ecology, fieldwork methods, design anthropology, and sympoietic design strategies.

PUBLICATIONS

Dimitra Almpani-Lekka, Pelin Asa, Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten, Rahel Kesselring, Claudia Kudinova, Kaja Ninnis, Anna Schäffner, Emma Sicher, Maxie Schneider, Rasa Weber (2025).   Matterscapes,   »Testing Un/Common Grounds« Matterscapes,   Matters of Activity. Cluster of Excellence, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. (Forthcoming)

Wolfgang Schäffner, Elisa Strobel do Nascimiento, & Rasa Weber (2025). »From Trap to Habitat. A Fishy Epistemological Twist.« Matterscapes, Matters of Activity, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. (Forthcoming)


Karmen Franinovic, Roman Kirschner,   Rasa Weber,  Antoine Bertin,   Anthea Oestreicher, Justin Raycraft & Alex Jordan   (2025).  »Attunement to the Ocean.« Able Journal. (Forthcoming)

Rasa Weber (2025).   »Ocean is my Method.   Underwater Methods between Design Research and Marine Biology.« Raum für Experimente: Gestalterisch Forschen, Neuwerk #11, Magazin für Designwissenschaften: Gestalterisches Forschen, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle.

Flore de Crombrugghe & Rasa Weber. (2024) 333 Saftige Papayas. Ein unvollständiges Kompendium der dicken Dinger, März Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-7550-0042-6.

Rasa Weber (2024).   »Queer Reefs. A Queer Ecological Journey into Blasted Seascapes.« kritische berichte 04/2024, Universität Heidelberg.  Doi: https://doi.org/10.11588/kb.2024.3.

Rasa Weber (2024).   »Of Other Reefs. Designing Habitats in Blased Seascapes.«   Biocalibrated: Tools and Techniques for Biodesign Practices,   Cambridge University Press, Doi: 10.1017/btd.2024.16.

Rasa Weber (2023).   »A Sympoietic Ocean. Design research with/in the marine holobiont.«   ISEA 2023. 28rd Symposium on Electronic Art:   Symbiosis. Paris. Doi: 10.69564/ISEA2023-90-full-Weber-et-al-A-Sympoietic-Ocean.

Kilian Jörg & Rasa Weber (2023). »Messy Utopia.« Zscript 39, 55-59.

Rasa Weber (2023). »Die Neue Sensibilität. Entwerfen in und mit anthropozentrischen Umwelten«

[The New Sensitivity. Designing in and with environments of the Anthropocene],

NDion magazin, Rat für Formgebung.

Rasa Weber (2024). »Symbio-Design. Towards materials research in the ocean.« Conference:   Design X Sustainability. Materiality/Systems/Shared Prosperity. Annual meeting DGTF - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designforschung. Book of Abstracts. DOI: 10.25368/2022.136.