is Professor for Art and Education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She is a feminist cultural theorist, urban researcher, curator, and author. Krasny’s interdisciplinary scholarship, academic writings, curatorial work, and international lectures address questions of care at the present historical conjuncture with a focus on emancipatory and transformative practices in art, curating, architecture and urbanism. Her interdisciplinary approach connects feminist theory, care ethics, global histories of art and architecture, urban studies, environmental humanities, and memory studies. Edited volumes include “Critical Care. Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet” with Angelika Fitz (MIT Press, 2019), “In Reserve! The Household” with Regina Bittner (Spector Books, 2016). Recent essays include: “The Unfinished Feminist Revolution. Performing the Crisis of Reproduction” (https://www.fkw-journal.de/) and “Care Feminism for Living with an Infected Planet.” (https://www.akbild.ac.at/) Her forthcoming book “Living with an Infected Planet. Covid-19 Feminism and the Global Frontline of Care” develops a feminist perspective on care, vulnerability, fear, and violence in pandemic times. www.elkekrasny.at
