Anthropocene Mumbai 2018–
Ecology is at the core of human societies and needs deeper examination not only from a historical, cultural, scientific, and political perspective, but also from the perspective of the non-human. In Mumbai especially, with the extreme stress on economic infrastructural development, marine as well as terrestrial biodiversity has come under tremendous pressure. For the last few years, climate change and environment have been the focus of the Goethe-Institut worldwide. Since 2018, the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai, has focused on the key questions surrounding ecology.
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Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground
This travelling exhibition, co-produced by the ZKM, Karlsruhe and Goethe-Institut Mumbai, invites visitors to engage with the critical situation of our planet.
Engagement, Intervention, Experiment, Conversation, Climate change, Local knowledge, Species
- projectRavi Agarwal
Dialogues: State of Nature 2022
A three-day conference bringing together perspectives and frameworks representative of current contemporary thought in ecopoetics, habitat conservation, and social justice.
Conversation, Engagement, Intervention, Climate change, Ecology, Environmental Justice, Biodiversity
- projectRavi Agarwal
Literature and Conversations: State of Nature 2022
Curator of literature Ranjit Hoskote conceptualised a program of conversations with prominent writers, poets, and essayists for State of Nature: New Natures, 2022.
Communicating, Engagement, Conversation, Species, Human-environment relations, Environmental Justice, Scale, Knowledge production, Biodiversity, Agency, Human-animal relations
- contributionRavi Agarwal
Exhibition: New Natures
Part of State of Nature 2022, the exhibition New Natures: A Terrible Beauty is Born was a proposition to rethink the world as we know it today.
Storytelling, Engagement, Modeling, Ecology, Environmental Justice, Technosphere, Species, Human-environment relations, Climate change
- projectRavi Agarwal
Lecture Series: State of Nature in India 2019
Lecture series that took place throughout 2019 covering various Anthropocene-related topics that are key to the region of India and beyond.
Conversation, Reflection, Human-environment relations, Naturecultures
- projectRavi Agarwal
Conference: State of Nature in India 2018
Event in Mumbai, India, addressing how might we examine notions of power and ethics in order to address the current ecological crisis.
Human-animal relations, Naturecultures
