The course Critical Inquiries to the Anthropocene took place at Centro de Pesquisa e Formação SESC São Paulo, from 27th to 29th March 2018 (3h per day). It was conceptualized by Pablo DeSoto and produced by Daniel González Xavier.
The course proposed a critical approach to the Anthropocene, with theoretical debates and methodological proposals in the conjunction between the arts and sciences. It was conducted by Pablo DeSoto and Renzo Taddei, a professor at UNIFESP Instituto do Mar. Around forty students from very different backgrounds attended it.
Program:
– Day 1
  • The Anthropocene as both geophysical and cultural concept. Pablo DeSoto
  • Knowing (in) the Anthropocene. Renzo Taddei

– Day 2

  • The conflicts of tomorrow and the need to think the unthinkable. Renzo Taddei
  • Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene, staying with the trouble in Fukushima. Pablo DeSoto

– Day 3

  • Common discussion.

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Image above: Bento Rodrigues, Mariana, Minas Gerais. Photo: Felipe Werneck – Ascom/Ibama. License: Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)