The conference is co-organized with colleagues at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Allahabad, and co-sponsored by the UBC Public Humanities Hub in connection with its launch of the Environmental Humanities Working Group.
Un/Predictable Environments Digital Conference, May 20 & 21, 2021. The conference aims to explore how we undertake to predict and avoid socio-ecological harm and disasters. How do we frame the issue of ‘un/predictability’ in our narratives, solutions and practices, and how un/predictable are the intended outcomes? This international conference encourages dialogues around critical and emancipatory practices around research, scholarship, art, and activism. With four distinguished keynote speakers from Delhi, New York, Toronto and Sydney, special film screenings, and multiple participants and organizers representing our own distinguished department, this event transcends disciplinary boundaries, while deeply engaging anthropological interests. Attendance is free and open to the public, but requires advance registration.
