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Design and the anthropocene

This experimental conference will bring together scholars working across the boundaries of the humanities, arts, engineering and science around the challenge of the Anthropocene, the proposed new geological age marking the centrality of human activities to all aspects of our planet.   Presentations will explore the promise of true transdisciplinarity in design: the ability of this field to blend together approaches and insights from across the academy in order to frame new questions and develop new methodologies that would not be possible from within any one disciplinary framework.

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Keynote spakers: Josh Berson, "New Sensing, Moving Bodies, and the Design of Anthropogenic Space"

Elizabeth Guffey," "Design History in the Anthropocene: A Retro Ideas?"

Panelists: Maria Bose, Benjamin Bratton, Simon Penny, and Jens Hauser

PLUS: Participant Pecha Kucha and Design Charette activities

Humanities Contact: Julia Lupton, jrlupton@uci.edu
ICS / Informatics Contact: Geoff Bowker, gbowker@uci.edu

Other organizers include Peter Krapp (FMS), Jesse Colin Jackson (Visual Art), Simon Penny (Visual Art), and Judith Gregory (ICS).

Conference schedule and registration

Pecha Kucha instructions