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Post/Human Rights, Indigeneity and Environmental Justice

Global Arts + Humanities Society of Fellows, 2020-2021 Cross-disciplinary Digital Dialogues
February 1, 2021
3:30PM - 5:00PM
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Add to Calendar 2021-02-01 15:30:00 2021-02-01 17:00:00 Post/Human Rights, Indigeneity and Environmental Justice Dialogue four considers the challenges that the Anthropocene epoch poses to human and non-human life and the potential of cultural practices and newly imagined ethical concepts for addressing these challenges. Panelists discuss how aesthetic and cultural practices generate attachments to the places we inhabit, and how posthuman renderings, such as augmented reality applications, encourage embodied experiences that connect humans empathetically with the biodiversity of seen and unseen worlds. Additionally, the panel will address questions of cultural inheritance, environmental justice, and the dangers of living under carceral rule.  Presenters for Dialogue Four Tommy Davis (Associate Professor, Department of English, Ohio State) Tristam McPherson (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ohio State) Elissa Washuta (Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ohio State) Amy Youngs (Associate Professor, Department of Art, Ohio State) Moderator Michael Mercil (Professor, Department of Art, Ohio State) RSVP for the event This event is a part of the Society of Fellows Cross-Disciplinary Digital Dialogues series, hosted by the Global Arts and Humanities. To learn more about the events, please visit go.osu.edu/gahdt-cddd. Online Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies wgss@osu.edu America/New_York public

Dialogue four considers the challenges that the Anthropocene epoch poses to human and non-human life and the potential of cultural practices and newly imagined ethical concepts for addressing these challenges. Panelists discuss how aesthetic and cultural practices generate attachments to the places we inhabit, and how posthuman renderings, such as augmented reality applications, encourage embodied experiences that connect humans empathetically with the biodiversity of seen and unseen worlds. Additionally, the panel will address questions of cultural inheritance, environmental justice, and the dangers of living under carceral rule. 

Presenters for Dialogue Four

  • Tommy Davis (Associate Professor, Department of English, Ohio State)

  • Tristam McPherson (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ohio State)

  • Elissa Washuta (Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ohio State)

  • Amy Youngs (Associate Professor, Department of Art, Ohio State)

Moderator

  • Michael Mercil (Professor, Department of Art, Ohio State)

RSVP for the event

This event is a part of the Society of Fellows Cross-Disciplinary Digital Dialogues series, hosted by the Global Arts and Humanities. To learn more about the events, please visit go.osu.edu/gahdt-cddd.