Third and final Erasmus exchange Anthropocene lecture given at Alma Mater Europaea in Ljubljana

Yesterday, Tuesday May 14th, I gave the lecture “The Anthropocene: Alpha and omega?” in Ljubljana, at Instititum Studiorum Humanitatis, Alma Mater Europaea (AMEU–ISH). Some 10 people attended (physically and digitally in total). The lecture was facilitated and chaired by Luka Trebežnik.

Last day in Slovenia - ZRS Koper visited

Today, at my last work day during my Erasmus exchange, I have been visiting The Science and Research Centre Koper (ZRS Koper), specifically their Institute for philosophical and religious studies. Tomorrow I will be flying home. My host in Slovenia has been Lenart Škof.

Poster for my Ljubljana lecture May 14th

The poster below advertises my lecture in Ljubljana, titled «The Anthropocene: Alpha and omega?», which will be held tomorrow at Alma Mater Europaea, Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis.

Second lecture given in Trento - Erasmus exchange lectures with Anthropocene theme

Today I gave the lecture “The perspective of the Anthropocene and what it says about humans´ place in nature” at University of Trento´s Department of humanities. Some 10 people attended. The lecture was given related to Carlo Brentari´s Bachelor-level course in philosophical anthropology, and was also open to the public.

First lecture given in Trento - Erasmus exchange lectures with Anthropocene theme

Today I gave a guest lecture for ph.d. students at University of Trento´s Department of humanities, titled "Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene”. About 10 people followed the lecture physically or digitally.

Lecture "Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene" - with Zoom link

On Thursday May 9th at 4 p.m. CEST I will give a lecture for ph.d. students at University of Trento´s Department of humanities titled "Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene". The lecture can be followed via Zoom by using this link.

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Two forthcoming lectures in Trento, Italy May 9th and 10th

Two forthcoming lectures in Trento, Italy May9th and 10th

As part of my upcoming Erasmus exchange to Italy and Slovenia I will be giving two lectures at University of Trento, in Trento. 

On Thursday May 9th at 4-6 p.m., I will give a lecture for ph.d. students titled ”Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene”.

On Friday May 10th (exact time not known) I will give a lecture for BA students on the perspective of the Anthropocene and what it says about humans´ place in nature, in a philosophical anthropology course.

To give lecture "The Anthropocene: Alpha and omega?" at AMEU–ISH in Ljubljana May 14th

My Erasmus exchange to Italy and Slovenia is approaching. On Tuesday May 14th, I will give a lecture at Instititum Studiorum Humanitatis, Alma mater Europaea (AMEU–ISH), in Ljubljana, titled “The Anthropocene: Alpha and omega?”. Abstract and bionote below.

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Title: The Anthropocene: Alpha and omega? 

Abstract: For about a generation, the perspective of the Anthropocene has been much discussed as a framing of our current socioecological predicament. Recently, the Anthropocene reportedly failed to become an official designation for the time we live in, after a majority of the members of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG), sorting under the International Commission on Stratigraphy´s Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, voted against it. But this is not the end of the Anthropocene, given how fruitful the concept and perspective has proven to be over the last several years. Key questions remain to be satisfactorily answered: What does the perspective of the Anthropocene say about humans´ place in nature, generally and currently? When did human impact start overwhelming ecosystems? When did humans start having a global impact? For how long is it likely – or desirable – that we humans, and the Earth, will remain in a predicament in which humans predominate environments globally? And how can the Anthropocene perspective be informative with regard to understanding how we should solve environmental problems, including the climate crisis?   

Bionote: Morten Tønnessen (born 1976) is a professor of philosophy at University of Stavanger, Norway. Tønnessen has been an Editor-in-Chief of Biosemiotics and is currently a member of its editorial board. He is a past president and the current secretary of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS), and a member of Norway´s Council for animal ethics. His writings on the Anthropocene include “The Global Species” (New formations: a journal of culture/theory/politics, 2010), Hvem er villest i landet her? Råskap mot dyr og natur i antropocen, menneskets tidsalder (co-editor, Scandinavian Academic Press 2013) and Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene (co-editor, Lexington Books 2016). Academic (b)log: https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com. For an overview of publications see Tønnessen´s Google Scholar profile.

Greenhouse Research talk by Lenart Skof moderated; Erasmus exchange

Yesterday, on Wednesday December 13th, I moderated Lenart Skof´s The Greenhouse Research talk “From Forgetting of Air to (post-)Anthropocene: Sketches for Respiratory Paradigm Shift in Environmental Humanities» at the University of Stavanger. Around 10 people attended.

I am hosting an Erasmus exchange by Lenart Skof this week.