Rob Nixon “The Anthropocene: The Promise and Pitfalls of an Epochal Idea”

08 Nov Rob Nixon “The Anthropocene: The Promise and Pitfalls of an Epochal Idea”

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The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE), a research center within the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently launched a new blog titled, Edge Effects. Australian Environmental Humanities researchers will be interested in its content.

In the lead up to the Anthropocene Slam: A Cabinet of Curiosities event held over the weekend of 8-10 November, Rob Nixon has published a piece on ‘The Anthropocene: The Promise and Pitfalls of an Epochal Idea‘.

Featured image is Jason deCaires Taylor’s underwater sculpture “Anthropocene.” Photograph by Jason deCaires Taylor.