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Unlikely Stories: Apprehending Climate Change in the Anthropocene
Nikhil Anand
As improbable events increasingly disrupt pretenses of legible, predictable environments, how might we notice, narrate and inhabit the uncertain and vibrant naturecultures of the anthropocene? Join writer Amitav Ghosh and earth scientist Adam Sobel in a conversation about how unlikely data and stories inform the work that they do.
Beyond the End of the World: Human and Non-Human After the Collapse of ‘Civilization’
Keynote Address by Amitav Ghosh
The idea of the ‘human’, as a unitary species, dates back to the founding years of the very structures of modernity that can now be seen to be hurtling towards collapse. As this process intensifies it may bring about a fundamental reconsideration of modern ideas regarding which entities possess such attributes as agency, speech, reason, and so on. If so what kinds of narratives and knowledge traditions can we turn to for guidance about what might lie ahead? This talk explores some possibilities.
Climate Sensing and Data Storytelling is an all-digital series of engagements that showcase publicly-engaged environmental research projects which marry environmental art and science. With support in part from the National Geographic Foundation, this digital platform features presentations by researchers, artists, and data storytellers across the nation, part of Penn Program in Environmental Humanities' multi-year explorations of how data, paired with story, can spur action on climate.