{"id":7053,"date":"2015-01-18T08:13:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T16:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=7053"},"modified":"2015-07-22T08:24:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T15:24:27","slug":"7053-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?page_id=7053","title":{"rendered":"The Anthropocene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div   data-size='featured'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids=''  data-video_counter='1'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-lazy_loading='disabled'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='28.666666666667'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;' ><li  data-controls='aviaTBaviaTBvideo_controls' data-mute='' data-loop='aviaTBaviaTBvideo_loop' data-disable-autoplay='aviaTBaviaTBvideo_autoplay'  data-mobile-img='https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/UCSB-Campus22-1500x430.jpg' data-video-height='197' data-video-toppos='-48.5' data-video-ratio='3.4883720930233' class=' av-video-slide  av-video-service-vimeo  av-hide-video-controls av-loop-video av-mobile-fallback-image av-video-stretch av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap ' style='background-image:url(\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/UCSB-Campus22-1500x430.jpg\");'  ><div class='av-click-overlay'><\/div><div class='mejs-mediaelement'><div data-src='\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/117205407?portrait=0&#038;byline=0&#038;title=0&#038;badge=0&#038;loop=1&#038;autopause=1&#038;api=1&#038;rel=0&#038;player_id=player_7053_469512961_656387388&#038;color=acb8a2' data-original_url='http:\/\/vimeo.com\/117205407' height='1600' width='900' class='av_vimeo_frame' id='player_7053_469512961_656387388'><\/div><\/div><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-7053'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  \" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">earth from space, click image for video (thanks NASA!)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Anthropocene<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2014-2015 Theme for the EHI<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Anthropocene<\/em> is the 2014-2015 theme for\u00a0both UCSB&#8217;s Environmental\u00a0Humanities Initiative (EHI) and\u00a0our Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC). The IHC&#8217;s\u00a0public events series, <em>The Anthropocene: Views from the Humanities<\/em>, explores this time of significant biospheric human influence, with the aim of bringing into focus the challenges that now confront the planet and its inhabitants through the unique, critical perspectives afforded by the humanities and fine arts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihc.ucsb.edu\/series\/anthropocene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details on the IHC Series<\/a>.\u00a0The series includes talks by\u00a0Andrew Revkin (<em>The New York Times<\/em>),\u00a0Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (poet, winner of the American Book Award),\u00a0Wang Shu (China Academy of Art, winner of the Pritzker Prize),\u00a0Erik M. Conway (historian, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and many others (<a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=5463\">view all<\/a>). Talks are also available as <a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=9307\">podcasts<\/a>\u00a0via Soundcloud for listening on the go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to the UCSB talks, this website aggregates a range of talks given elsewhere on the anthropocene from the perspective of the humanities. Featured speakers include\u00a0Bruno Latour,\u00a0Dipesh Chakrabarty,\u00a0Noam Chomsky,\u00a0David Suzuki, Peter Singer, and others (<a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=7254\">view videos<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not quite sure what the anthropocene is, or why it is environmentally significant (or just want to learn more)?\u00a0We have also collected together a number of short films that are designed to introduce the concept (<a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=8772\">view videos<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, we have collected together contemporary art in which artists\u00a0explore the concept of the anthropocene.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=5463\">UCSB Anthropocene Talk Series<\/a>\u00a0(Videos)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=5463' class='avia_image'  ><img class='wp-image-6112 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6112 avia_image' src='https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10515282_826612474026788_5280313454706364729_o-495x400.jpg' alt='' title='10515282_826612474026788_5280313454706364729_o'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  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href='https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=7254' class='avia_image'  ><img class='wp-image-7256 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7256 avia_image' src='https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/LateurBW-495x400.jpg' alt='' title='LateurBW'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=9307\">UCSB Anthropocene Talk Series<\/a>\u00a0(Podcasts)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  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(films)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=8843' class='avia_image'  ><img class='wp-image-8893 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-8893 avia_image' src='https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Untitledzf2-495x400.jpg' alt='' title='Untitledzf2'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div  style='height:500px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span 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