Dust to Earth: Radical Environmental Activism and Terrestrial Ecotopias
Informal discussion groups focused around Nottingham Contemporary's current exhibition Our Silver City, 2094. The title refers to extra-terrestrial particles known as cosmic dust, a key source for life on earth. Readings and discussions explore forms of relationships between the sea, the land and the sky. Cosmic dust becomes a starting point to explore ideas of geology, cosmology, deep time and collective resistance.
This session will explore key themes and trends within green utopianism and ‘terrestrial ecotopianism’ of radical environmental activists’ which strives to enact more ethical and egalitarian human-nonhuman relations in the ‘here below’ on our damaged terra. We’ll close with reflections on how we might enact worlds that work for the many- human and nonhuman alike.
Reading:
Alberro, H., 2021. In and Against Eco-Apocalypse: On the Terrestrial Ecotopianism of Radical Environmental Activists. Utopian Studies, 32(1), pp.36-55 (pdf link on booking page).
Time 18:30 GMT
