Literature and Conversations: State of Nature 2022
As part of the State of Nature: New Natures event in 2022, curator of literature Ranjit Hoskote conceptualised a program of conversations with prominent writers, poets, and essayists. The lecture series accompanies the exhibition New Natures: A Terrible Beauty is Born, which was curated by Ravi Agarwal and is the next iteration of State of Nature—a project initiated by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai in 2018 that brings together multiple perspectives to understand and address our present ecological crisis. For the full archive of discussions, visit the Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai—State of Nature: New Natures website.
- contributionRavi Agarwal
It's Not So Bad to be Wild, Wilful and Peaceful
Conservation biologist and author Neha Sinha addresses animal sentience, arguing that understanding the wilful animal is a means of understanding our own place in the world.
Reflection, Engagement, Conversation, Species, Ecology, Environmental Justice, Biodiversity, Human-environment relations, Human-animal relations, Agency
- contributionRavi Agarwal, Bernd M. Scherer
Curating Worlds
Bernd M. Scherer, Ravi Agarwal, and Ranjit Hoskote discuss the transformation of the HKW into a dynamic forum for transcultural themes and urgencies.
Communicating, Engagement, Reflection, Knowledge production, Scale, Care, Complexity
