Young People and Stories of/for the Anthropocene
Language: English
These provocations include: What stories can we tell of/for the Anthropocene? What stories can we tell with, for and about children, young people and the Anthropocene? How do these possible stories connect to, intersect with, exist in tension, contradiction, or ambivalence with the plethora of other stories about our pasts, presents and futures?
Stories that are told of/by/for capitalism. By ‘environmental’ movements. By earth sciences. By the humanities and social sciences. By children and young people. By individuals, groups, communities, By businesses, governments, organisations – the UN for example. By artists and activists. By First Nations peoples. By the colonisers and the colonised.
It is proposed that the session be recorded much in the format of a podcast - with permission of participants.