Josh Wodak
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3949913 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Josh Wodak |
| PRENOMES | Josh |
| SOBRENOME | Wodak |
| ASSINATURA | WODAK J |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Planetary scale climatic change through bioengineering the microbial world. A technofix imaginary
This article critically analyses the imaginary that is emerging from attempts to mitigate planetary scale climatic change through bioengineering the microbial world, that is, through synthetic biology. We explore how engineering microbial life is put forth by its advocates as a viable means of mitigating climate change and thus conferring benefit for future human and more-than-human life. We discuss how these promises, while far-reaching, transla…
Gambling on unknown unknowns
In this article, we critically engage with the risk ethics of attempting to mitigate climate change via a technofix, namely Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) utilizing Synthetic Biology. Now that the IPCC has (belatedly) acknowledged climate overshoot as being inevitable, our dependency on NETs to avert runaway climate change has become critical. Given the scale of unknown unknowns at play when utilizing any such technofix, we present gambli…
(Human-Inflected) Evolution in an Age of (Human-Induced) Extinction
At the advent of the Anthropocene, life is being pushed to its limits the world over; we are currently living through the Sixth Mass Extinction to occur since multicellular life first emerged on the planet 570 million years ago. Evolutionary biologist E.O. Wilson sums up this push in the opening gambit of his book The Future of Life: “the race is now on between the techno-scientific forces that are destroying the living environment and those that…
Around the World in 143 Days
Around the World in 143 DaysTimes at the Scale of the Anthropocene Anna Åberg (bio), Hugo Almeida (bio), Josh Wodak (bio), and Jens Kirstein (bio) Introduction Where does the time-honored form of a handwritten, postbox posted, fossil fuel-transported chain mail letter sit in today’s world? This question succinctly frames an experimental art project conducted by the four authors of this article, which took the form of a handwritten chain mail lett…
The Arts of Energy
Fossil fueled energy production and consumption are the basis of global industrialised societies, with the deleterious biophysical effects of such production and consumption also forming the basis of the advent of Anthropocene. In the context of science and environmental policy, hope denotes rapid decarbonisation across the globe. Meanwhile, in art and the humanities, the study of such energy and decarbonisation remains nascent and nebulous. To a…
A critical review of the application of environmental scenario exercises
Gambling on unknown unknowns
In this article, we critically engage with the risk ethics of attempting to mitigate climate change via a technofix, namely Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) utilizing Synthetic Biology. Now that the IPCC has (belatedly) acknowledged climate overshoot as being inevitable, our dependency on NETs to avert runaway climate change has become critical. Given the scale of unknown unknowns at play when utilizing any such technofix, we present gambli…
A critical review of the application of environmental scenario exercises
The Arts of Energy
Fossil fueled energy production and consumption are the basis of global industrialised societies, with the deleterious biophysical effects of such production and consumption also forming the basis of the advent of Anthropocene. In the context of science and environmental policy, hope denotes rapid decarbonisation across the globe. Meanwhile, in art and the humanities, the study of such energy and decarbonisation remains nascent and nebulous. To a…
Around the World in 143 Days
Around the World in 143 DaysTimes at the Scale of the Anthropocene Anna Åberg (bio), Hugo Almeida (bio), Josh Wodak (bio), and Jens Kirstein (bio) Introduction Where does the time-honored form of a handwritten, postbox posted, fossil fuel-transported chain mail letter sit in today’s world? This question succinctly frames an experimental art project conducted by the four authors of this article, which took the form of a handwritten chain mail lett…
(Human-Inflected) Evolution in an Age of (Human-Induced) Extinction
At the advent of the Anthropocene, life is being pushed to its limits the world over; we are currently living through the Sixth Mass Extinction to occur since multicellular life first emerged on the planet 570 million years ago. Evolutionary biologist E.O. Wilson sums up this push in the opening gambit of his book The Future of Life: “the race is now on between the techno-scientific forces that are destroying the living environment and those that…
Planetary scale climatic change through bioengineering the microbial world. A technofix imaginary
This article critically analyses the imaginary that is emerging from attempts to mitigate planetary scale climatic change through bioengineering the microbial world, that is, through synthetic biology. We explore how engineering microbial life is put forth by its advocates as a viable means of mitigating climate change and thus conferring benefit for future human and more-than-human life. We discuss how these promises, while far-reaching, transla…
Gambling on unknown unknowns
In this article, we critically engage with the risk ethics of attempting to mitigate climate change via a technofix, namely Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) utilizing Synthetic Biology. Now that the IPCC has (belatedly) acknowledged climate overshoot as being inevitable, our dependency on NETs to avert runaway climate change has become critical. Given the scale of unknown unknowns at play when utilizing any such technofix, we present gambli…
Environmental ethics (5 obras) · Anthropocene (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Archaeology (3 obras) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Ecology (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras)