BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1040@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190522T190038 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190527T181500 SUMMARY:Lenore Manderson: Earth\, Itself: Art\, science and conceptualizing the future DESCRIPTION:Abstract:Climate change embraces a unique breadth of scholarshi p. Planetary science\, evolutionary biology and geology\, the social and p olicy sciences and humanities\, come together as a diverse bundle of knowl edge systems\, and their interaction is at the core understanding of compr ehending global warming and rapid planetary change\, and to avert continui ng and escalating catastrophe.  We are on the edge of this now. For the p ast five years\, I have curated and produced an art/science program\, as E arth\, Itself (2015-2019) at Brown University in the US\, and as Watershed (2018) at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. The progra ms brought together scholars from these diverse fields with practicing art ists. This was structured through using early understandings of earth syst ems and bodies\, across cultures\, time and place\, in terms of the elemen ts (and so: earth/dance\, air/music\, fire/the fire arts\, water/text). In this presentation\, I will turn to art works produced for Earth\, Itself and Watershed to illustrate how art can change perception and create a sen se of possibility. Drawing on video clips\, sound bites\, stills and text \, I consider how artists draw on scientific work and challenge paradigms\ , and how this works to provoke us to think of ways forward to protect bot h the environment and health. \\r\\nBionote: Lenore Manderson is Distingu ished Professor of Public Health and Medical Anthropology in the School of Public Health\, University of the Witwatersrand\, and previous held profe ssorial positions at Monash\, Melbourne and Queensland Universities in Aus tralia. She is known internationally for her research\, publishing and edu cation  on inequality and the social context of infectious and chronic di sease\, as a researcher. She has extensive advisory experience\, particula rly since 1988 with the Special Programme in Research and Training in Trop ical Diseases (WHO/TDR). She is editor of the journal Medical Anthropology . From May 2014-May 2019 she was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Envir onmental Science\, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES)\, where her work focused on art/science intersections on climate change\; s he continues to teach in association with Brown and IE (Madrid) on biodive rsity and social innovation. She played a lead role in the Australian Acad emy of Science project\, Australia 2050\, on population\, equity\, climate change and sustainability\, and was awarded the Society of Medical Anthro pology Career Achievement Award in 2016 in acknowledgement of her career-l ong contributions to theory and method.  See lenoremanderson.com X-ALT-DESC:Abstract:
Climate change embraces a unique breadth o f scholarship. Planetary science\, evolutionary biology and geology\, the social and policy sciences and humanities\, come together as a diverse bun dle of knowledge systems\, and their interaction is at the core understand ing of comprehending global warming and rapid planetary change\, and to av ert continuing and escalating catastrophe. \; We are on the edge of th is now. For the past five years\, I have curated and produced an art/scien ce program\, as Earth\, Itself (2015-2019) at Brown University in t he US\, and as Watershed (2018) at the University of the Witwatersr and in South Africa. The programs brought together scholars from these div erse fields with practicing artists. This was structured through using ear ly understandings of earth systems and bodies\, across cultures\, time and place\, in terms of the elements (and so: earth/dance\, air/music\, fire/ the fire arts\, water/text). In this presentation\, I will turn to art wor ks produced for Earth\, Itself and Watershed to illustrate h ow art can change perception and create a sense of possibility. Drawing on video clips\, sound bites\, stills and text \, I consider how arti sts draw on scientific work and challenge paradigms\, and how this works t o provoke us to think of ways forward to protect both the environment and health. \nBionote:
Lenore Manderson \;is Distinguished Pr ofessor of Public Health and Medical Anthropology in the School of Public Health\, University of the Witwatersrand\, and previous held professorial positions at Monash\, Melbourne and Queensland Universities in Australia. She is known internationally for her research\, publishing and education&n bsp\; on inequality and the social context of infectious and chronic disea se\, as a researcher. She has extensive advisory experience\, particularly since 1988 with the Special Programme in Research and Training in Tropica l Diseases (WHO/TDR). She is editor of the journal Medical Anthropology . From May 2014-May 2019 she was Distinguished Visiting Professor of E nvironmental Science\, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBE S)\, where her work focused on art/science intersections on climate change \; she continues to teach in association with Brown and IE (Madrid) on bio diversity and social innovation. She played a lead role in the Australian Academy of Science project\, Australia 2050\, on population\, equit y\, climate change and sustainability\, and was awarded the Society of Med ical Anthropology Career Achievement Award in 2016 in acknowledgement of h er career-long contributions to theory and method. \; See lenoremander son.com DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190527T190000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR