Seminar: Whose? Reading the Anthropocene and the Technosphere from Africa
Does the concept of “the”/“an” Anthropocene promote or inhibit the possibilities of a polycentric global epistemology? Pluralizing (technospheres, anthropocenes—even anthropo-scenes) is a step towards a democracy not only of language.
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Prologue
“The problem with the Anthropocene at the moment: it is still too white.”
Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga on how the seminar draws in multiple knowledge traditions to destabilize the claim of definitiveness that is inherent in the Western discourse on the Anthropocene and the technosphere.
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A Conceptual Glossary
Coming to terms with silenced pasts and overlooked narratives. Musings, questions, and anecdotes drawn from encounters in Berlin with unrecognized remnants of Germany’s colonial history.
History, Colonialism, Language
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Whose?
You as me anything, my answer is the same. An anthem for the pluralization of knowledge.
Storytelling, History, Colonialism
Contributors
Participants
Ravi Agarwal
Irma Allen
Anna Baltschun
Sara Bonfanti
Dean Chahim
Nadia Christidi
Maria Paula Diogo
Daniel Falb
Maria Fernanda Agudelo Ganem
Lisa Gutermuth
David Habets
Dehlia Hannah
Jessika Khazrik
Kai Kornhuber
Nicole Labruto
Peter Lambertz
Ivo Louro
Margarida Mendes
Paschal Mugabe
Jenni Nurmenniemi
Caroline Picard
Pierre du Plessis
Rory Rowan
Davide Scarso
Axel Schmidt
Laila Seewang
Ana Simões
Sue Spaid
Zsuzsanna Stánitz
Max Symuleski
Renzo Taddei
Jennifer Teets
Daniele Valisena
Justin Westgate
Miriam Wiesel
Alexander Zahara
