Cross-posting this piece by Emil from A(s)cene. Taylor’s coral reef art is beautiful. See also the discussion of Donna Haraway’s “String Figures” lecture and Bruno Latour’s 11 theses on capitalism.
Archive for the ‘Anthropocene’ Category
Anthropocene aesthetics
Posted in Anthropocene, Eco-culture, Visual culture, tagged aesthetics, Anthropocene, coral reefs on April 10, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Kant’s quaking subject
Posted in Anthropocene, Philosophy, tagged Anthropocene, Nigel Clark on March 13, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Emil plunges us further into the inhuman nature of tsunamis, earthquakes, ethics, and modern subjectivity, over at A(S)CENE.
Announcing A(S)CENE
Posted in Academe, Anthropocene, tagged Anthropocene on January 21, 2014 | 1 Comment »
A new blog has been launched in conjunction with my class “Environment, Science, and Society in the Anthropocene.” It’s called A(S)CENE and its tag line is “Beyond the Anthropocene: Bracketing an Era.” A(S)CENE is a blog dedicated to discussions of the Anthropo(s)cene — the scene of humanity’s ascendance to a biogeological force — and of […]
Anthropocene readings
Posted in Anthropocene, Uncategorized on January 20, 2014 | 1 Comment »
I’m thinking of making my Spring semester graduate class, “Environment, Science, and Society in the Anthropocene,” into a semi-public seminar series, with a blog where we will share links to readings and videos as well as discussions. (Actual meetings will not be online, but will be open to interested members of the UVM […]
Querying Natural Religion: Responses to Latour
Posted in Anthropocene, Philosophy, Spirit matter, tagged Anthropocene, Connolly, Gaia, immanence, Latour on November 24, 2013 | 10 Comments »
The following are my notes from “Querying Natural Religion: Immanence, Gaia, and the Parliament of Lively Things.” (Live-blogging did not work, as we didn’t have a live internet connection.) These notes are followed by a brief set of post-event summary comments. The setting: an airplane hangar of a hall in the Baltimore Convention Center. This […]