Anthropocene Slam: Object Provocateur

Event Details

Date:

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Time:

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Room:

Group Learning Space, Room 273

Location:

Global Change Institute, Buildling 20, St Lucia

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Full Description:: Join our panel of researchers in a lively discussion where they each use an object to communicate the Anthropocene on a human, every day scale.

The human capacity to alter the biological and physical systems of the earth has provoked a proposal for a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene.

The fundamental relation between humans and the environment is the crucial problem of our time. There is a political and cultural urgency embedded in issues such as climate change, global warming, sustainable energy, ocean acidification, coral degradation, water scarcity and pollution.

At this event we welcome Professor Libby Robin to introduce Queensland to the idea of the Anthropocene Slam. Libby argues for the importance of objects as material provocateurs in the quest to communicate the Anthropocene.

Presenters will use anything from a seashell to a water glass or an iPhone to comment on the Anthropocene, ensuring the ‘slam' is engaging, entertaining, interactive and - most importantly - thought provoking.