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Brock Talks: The Anthropocene as Scientific and Cultural Concept (for our Times)
March 27 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join the Faculty of Humanities and the St. Catharines Public Library for
Brock Talks:
The Anthropocene as Scientific and Cultural Concept (for our Times)
featuring
Dr. Christine Daigle
Department of Philosophy
Dr. Adam Dickinson
Department of English Language and Literature
Dr. Francine McCarthy
Department of Earth Sciences
Wednesday, March 27 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
at the St. Catharines Public Library
54 Church St., St. Catharines
Scientists are coming to an agreement that we have entered a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. Human activity has radically altered the Earth system. But what does the concept of the Anthropocene mean culturally? How does it challenge our worldview? Can the concept initiate a reflection on how we relate to our natural environments and the multiple ecosystems we depend on for our continued existence? In this Brock Talk, Dr. Christine Daigle, Dr. Adam Dickinson, and Dr. Francine McCarthy will discuss how their interdisciplinary research team is investigating these questions, among many others, triggered by scientific findings at Crawford Lake (Ontario) and beyond.
Dr. Christine Daigle is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Posthumanism Research Institute. She works in environmental humanities and leads the interdisciplinary SSHRC-funded research team on the Anthropocene with Francine McCarthy and Adam Dickinson.
Dr. Adam Dickinson is a writer and professor of English and Creative Writing at Brock University. His poetic practice integrates expanded modes of writing with laboratory-based scientific experiments to investigate the complicated interplay between bodies and environments.
Dr. Francine McCarthy is Professor of Earth Sciences whose research focuses on pollen and other microscopic fossils as indicators of environmental change and anthropogenic impact. Her recent work on Crawford Lake led to its selection as the proposed ‘golden spike’ to add the Anthropocene to the Geologic Time Scale.
Details
- Date:
- March 27
- Time:
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6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
- Event Categories:
- Education, Newsletter
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