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Dehlia Hannah

Dehlia Hannah is a philosopher and curator, She holds a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University (2013), where she specialized in the philosophy of science and aesthetic theory. In collaboration with Dr Cynthia Selin, Dehlia’s new research and curatorial project “A Year Without a Winter” explores creative and practical responses to emerging climate futures at multiple locations worldwide. Her current book project, “Performative Experiments,” articulates the philosophical implications of an emerging genre of contemporary artwork that takes the form of scientific experiments. Dehlia is currently the Research Curator of the Synthesis Center at Arizona State University (ASU), where she leads a transdisciplinary research network centered on the theme of Atmosphere and Place. Drawing on her postdoctoral research on the aesthetics, phenomenology, and epistemologies of climate change, and artistic engagements with climate modeling, she initiated the Experiential Climate Modeling project at ASU in the fall of 2014 in collaboration with scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Prior to coming to ASU, Dehlia held postdoctoral fellowships at the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s Center for Contemporary History and Policy (2013) and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Center for 21st Century Studies (2013‒14). She writes about art and climate change, experimentation as performance, creative ethnography, and new