Seminar: Filtering the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene lens acts as a “filter”: it emphasizes some elements of the socio-ecological spectrum even as it screens out certain others. But how exactly does the idea of the Anthropocene shape understandings and actions about human‒environmental relations? An awareness of these filters is essential for acting ethically and effectively in response to the challenges confronting us.
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Prologue
Is the Anthropocene a moral or a political issue? Where are the intersections between environmental changes and social changes? Why are some people and landscapes more vulnerable to natural disasters than others? Marco Armiero and Will Steffen observe how the politics of knowledge and hierarchies of expertise are shaping the Anthropocene. Who is the “we” in the era of humankind?
Résumé
- projectOlivier Hamant, Hanna Husberg, Ellie Irons
The Maledives Case
The low-lying Maldive Islands face the problem of too much water. Melting ice far away is slowly inundating their homeland, posing an existential threat.
Case Study, Ethics, Water
- projectHeather Davis, Judith Marlen Dobler, Sandra van der Hel, Johannes Lundershausen, Anna-Sophie Springer, Fabio Vladimir Sánchez-Calderón, Masahiro Terada, Alexandra Toland, Anne-Kathrin Winkler-Hanns
Plastic and Surrogacy
Plastic is one of the most ubiquitous materials of the contemporary moment. How do we deal with its effects on the health of both humans and animals?
Case Study, Affect, Technosphere, Adaptation
- projectUche Okpara, Maria Isabel Pérez Ramos
Lake Chad: Sharing a Diminishing Resource?
Lake Chad is a central feature in the livelihoods and economies of several countries. Local and regional pressures have always been a challenge, but the new stress of diminishing rainfall is deepening this challenge.
Case Study, Water, Infrastructure
- contribution
Seminar Report: Filtering the Anthropocene
A report on the perspectives and contributions of the seminar on Filtering the Anthropocene.
Reflection, Knowledge transformation, Complexity
- contributionAmita Baviskar
Damming of the Narmada River in India
Amita Baviskar discusses the long and complex history of struggles surrounding the construction of a gravity dam on the Narmada River in India.
Field Study, Complexity, Infrastructure, Water
- contributionMarco Armiero, Will Steffen
Hurricane Katrina
Do extreme climate events affect people in equal measure? And how do environmental changes intertwine with pre-existing social inequalities?
Case Study, Equality, Water
Contributors
Participants
Golnoush Abbasi
Arantzazu Saratxaga Arregi
Artur van Balen
Anna Baltschun
Anders Bjørn
Thomas Bruhn
Francois Bucher
Alejandra Torres Camprubí
Heather Davis
Judith Marlen Dobler
Olivier Hamant
Sandra van der Hel
Hanna Husberg
Ellen Irons
Moses Tinashe Kamanda
Christoph Küffer
Gregor Lax
Andrea Leon Parra
Susanna Lidström
Johannes Lundershausen
Dariya Manova
Germain Meulemans
Uche Okpara
Tejal Shah
Helge Peters
Susanne Quehenberger
Maria Isabel Pérez Ramos
Walmeri Kellen Ribeiro
Christoph Rosol
Julian Schubert
Chris Strashok
Fabio Vladimir Sánchez-Calderón
Masahiro Terada
Alexandra Toland
Gustavo Valdivia
Hanna Vikström
Anne-Kathrin Winkler-Hanns
Josh Wodak
