Knowing Risk in the Anthropocene

Monday, 7 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES019 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
TG04 Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty (host committee)

Language: English

In this session we invite papers discussing community responses to heightened levels of risk and disaster in the Anthropocene. The distribution of risk and uncertainty in and across societies in the Anthropocene is unequal, with class, gender, race, and nationality organizing much of this risk. Moreover, disasters function as risk multipliers, setting off cycles of compounded inequality among marginalized communities and societies.
Given the quick timescales that characterize this era, how are communities responding to fast-approaching existential risk? We invite papers that take a broad understanding of risk and ways of knowing, understanding, and navigating risk, whether it be the risk of migration, the risk of toxic and/or industrial exposure, risk from climate change and climate emergencies, or the risk from public health emergencies like pandemics.
Session Organizers:
Maricarmen HERNANDEZ, Barnard College, USA and Alejandro MÁRQUEZ MÁRQUEZ, University of South Florida, USA
Chair:
Vrinda MARWAH, University of South Florida, USA
Panelists:
Alejandro MÁRQUEZ MÁRQUEZ, University of South Florida, USA and Maricarmen HERNANDEZ, Barnard College, USA
Oral Presentations
Coping with Mining Risks in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Daily Life in the Grip of the Anthropocene
Héloïse MATHIEU, France; Christelle GRAMAGLIA, INRAE, France
Reason and Risk: Challenging the Expert-Public Divide in the Risk Debates on Uranium Mining in India
Prerna GUPTA, Canada
Metabolic Crises, or the Political Making of Critical Zone Governance
Hugo D'ASSENZA-DAVID, Sciences Po, France
Subtle Tensions: Race As a Daily Practice Among Youth in Colorblind Sweden
Shahab MIRBABAEI, Sweden
Determinants of Trust and Distrust in the Context of Values: The Relationship between Trust and Distrust with Value Systems Among High School Students in Aydın-Turkey
Kayhan DELİBAŞ, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Turkey; Berrin GÜNER GÜMÜŞ, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Turkey
Trust, Risk, and Uncertainty Surrounding the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Scoping Review of Public Perceptions
Samantha MEYER, University of Waterloo, Canada; Helena GH NASCIMENTO, University of Waterloo, Canada; Geetika ARIKATI, University of Waterloo, Canada; Sultan ABDULKARIM, University of Waterloo, Canada
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