Nature and Legacy:
Humanists, Scientists and the Environment
We are pleased to announce that the focus of the second annual Humanities/Science Project is the environment.
The Humanities/Science Project is a three-year collaborative program launched by the Cogut Center and COSTS, fostering critical conversations about life and knowledge. In 2008-2009 the focus was on the scientific and cultural history of evolutionary theory, in the 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species.
2009-2010 will feature an environmental film series as well as a four-part speaker series called “Nature and Legacy: Humanists, Scientists and the Environment.” Panel discussions will include the topics of “Toxicity,” “Climate Change,” and “The Return of Nature.”
Sponsored by the Cogut Center for the Humanities, Committee on Science and Technology Studies (COSTS), Center for Environmental Studies and Environmental Change Initiative.
September 23
"Butte, America"
Film screening and discussion with the filmmakers
Smith-Buonanno Hall 106
7:00 - 9:00pm
This documentary, narrated by Gabriel Byrne, reveals the social and environmental costs of mining in Butte, Montana. This is the New England premiere the film chronicles industrial exploitation and its effects on the people and the land. It is the New England film premiere.
This New England film premiere will be followed by discussion with producer/director Pamela Roberts and co-producer/co-writer Edwin Dobb.
For more on the film: http://butteamericafilm.org/
This screening also co-sponsored by the John Nicholas Brown Center and Urban Studies Program.
November 5
"Climate Change"
Lectures and panel discussion
Pembroke Hall 305
4:00 - 6:00pm
Speakers:
Elijah Huge ( Wesleyan)
"Architecture after the Well-Tempered Environment"
For an abstract and lecturer bio, click here.
Timmons Roberts ( Brown)
"International Climate Justice: Unequal Risks, Unequal Coping Resources, and the Need for Adequate and Predictable Funding for Developing Countries to Adapt"
For an abstract, click here.
Hugh Ducklow, (Brown/Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole)
"Climate Change: Science, (Un)Certainty and Denial"
For an abstract, click here.
A panel discussion and Q&A will follow individual presentations.
To see photos from this panel discussion, click here.
March 18
"Toxicity"
Lectures and panel discussion
Pembroke 305
Time: TBD
Speakers: Brown faculty Kim Boekelheide and Phil Brown, and filmmaker Judy Helfand ("Blue Vinyl").
