The 11th Japan-ASEAN Seminar “Into a New Epoch: Capitalist Nature in the Plantationocene” and Book Launch
The 11th Japan-ASEAN Seminar “Into a New Epoch: Capitalist Nature in the Plantationocene” and Book LaunchSpeaker:Anna Tsing (University of California, Santa Cruz)Jun Akamine (Hitotsubashi University)Noboru Ishikawa (CSEAS)Date & Time: October 25 (Fri.), 2019 13:30 – 17:00 (after the seminar, we’ll have a reception)Venue: Middle-sized Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Memorial BuildingLanguage: EnglishProgram: Please see below for more informationPoster DL » This seminar presents yet another geological epoch, which we term the Plantationocene. While the idea of the Anthropocene has gained considerable currency in recent years, we instead use this concept of Plantationocene to offer fresh perspectives that go beyond conventional, human-centric understandings of nature as well as the human/nature dichotomy […]