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Literatures of Planetary Thresholds

Building on the yearly theme "narratives of the sociotechnical", materia's next event will focus on literary analysis in the context of changing planetary and ecological conditions. By examining works by Christian Bök, Vivian Abenshushan and Reza Negarestani,ÌýChristian GaldónÌý(Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne) will point out the challenges that literature faces when integrating and materializing the ontological turn practiced by other human sciences such as Anthropology. By engaging with near-future storytelling by Tap Pryor (1979),ÌýDavid StentifordÌý(°®åú´«Ã½) will present on ocean farming projects in the United States, to discuss how offshore mariculture circulated as an imaginary after World War II.ÌýMads Rosendahl ThomsenÌý(Aarhus University) will respond.

Food and light refreshments will be served.Ìý.

For more information, contact João Viana at jglviana [at] stanford.edu (jglviana[at]stanford[dot]edu) or Sofia Silvas at silvas [at] stanford.edu (silvas[at]stanford[dot]edu).Ìý