Karolina Sobecka’s contribution is an immersion in an artificial tropical climate and in histories of engaging with thermal regimes.

You may be surprised by the connections between computing and the weather that Kevin Walker explores — they move in both directions and work at all different scales, microscopically inside the computer and globally via networks, data centres, and clouds.

Chiara Pitrola’s article aims to discuss the connections between gender, weather, and sound. Specifically examining the Shangwe community (Zimbabwe) and their rainmaking songs as a case study. Through an eco-feminist lens, it emerges how the relationship between the land, as influenced by the weather, is reflected in gender roles to the detriment of women.

In conversation with weather monitoring stations, Laura Papke and Jan Christian Schulz reflect on the interplay of both sense- and sensor-mediated weather phenomena that inform us about the past, present, and future, exploring their effect on our state of bodily feelings.

Ekaterina Volkova and Julien Thomas reflect on their personal connections with the weather, the role of tangibility in creating new connections to the atmosphere, and whether artistic practices can propose new ways of positioning ourselves in relation to climate change.

Maya Livio shares a series of reflections on the mobilisation of nonhuman beings as climate sensors and what questions they open up about the uneven distribution of heat.

Robert-Jan Wille’s contribution is to stress the importance of historical literacy. Archives can teach us a lot about how climatological and meteorological knowledge systems came to be, how what was visible became invisible, and how some invisible technologies became visible when they broke down.

Kasper de Vries was part of the lab and in his article he explores the evolution of data, highlighting its collection and the diverse forms it can take. From ancient inscriptions to modern computerised systems, technological advancements have transformed the way we collect and interpret data.

Bilyana Palankasova reflects on topics explored during the lab with the following article. In this essay, two instances of creative practices engaged with weather sensing are discussed through a socio-material lens to reflect on the possibilities of emancipation by making the global telecommunication infrastructure visible.