Asymmetric flows, critical zones, and zero-carbon citizens

A report on: ‘How to think the anthropocene?’, November 2015, Paris, France

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2361002
AutoresCraig Ritchie (0000-0002-6202-6906, University of Kent), Anthony Knight (University of Kent), Anthony Wallace Knight (University of Kent)
Año2016
Volumen36
Número2
Páginas212-220
Fecha de publicación2016-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCritique of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308275x16641510
OpenAlexW2340387478
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

In 2000, a short scientific paper by Crutzen and Stoermer suggested the Holocene epoch had been supplanted by a new age, the anthropocene, in which human activities had come to rival the great forces of nature in shaping geological and earth system processes. Out of this, a new transdisciplinary research area has emerged, drawing together social and natural scientists, historians, philosophers, and artists, amongst others. In November 2015, as part of a parallel series of events associated with the COP21 United Nations climate change meetings in Paris, the Collège de France, under the auspices of anthropologist Philippe Descola, hosted a two-day conference, 'How to think the anthropocene? Anthropologists, philosophers, and sociologists facing climate change'. This article summarises some of the main presentations and ideas, including relational aspects between speakers

Anthropocene · Archaeology · Climate change · Earth system science · Environmental ethics · Epoch (astronomy · Natural (archaeology · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Philosophy · Ecology