Tim Schütz is a PhD Student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on civic data infrastructures, archiving and environmental advocacy in response to “the Anthropocene” broadly conceived. He holds a BA in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies (University of Bremen, 2017) and a MA in Science and Technology Studies (Goethe University Frankfurt, 2020). His research has been funded by the German Fulbright Commission and the German Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung).