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P303


Planetary health in the Anthropocene: transdisciplinary practices towards decolonial climate futures 
Convenors:
Kaajal Modi (University of York)
Maro Pebo (Waag Futurelab)
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Format:
Combined Format Open Panel
Location:
HG-02A33
Sessions:
Tuesday 16 July, -
Time zone: Europe/Amsterdam

Short Abstract:

Planetary health is a transdisciplinary framework that intertwines human and ecological health. The panel aims to bring together artists, activists, and researchers employing experimental and embodied approaches to collaboratively explore imaginaries of ecology in relation to wellness and disease.

Long Abstract:

Planetary health is a transdisciplinary approach that seeks to comprehend the effects of human disruptions to planetary systems on human health and all life. Expanding on the concept of the Anthropocene, the framework intertwines human and ecological health as deeply interconnected. As a concept that is rooted in relational ecological thinking, this work emphasizes the need for researchers to investigate the historical and relational geographies of climate change in the human imagination (Yusoff & Gabrys 2011).

This panel aims to bring together artists, activists, and researchers employing experimental and embodied approaches to collaboratively explore imaginaries of ecology in relation to wellness and disease. The focus is on navigating historical and relational geographies in conjunction with those most impacted by climate change. Embracing decolonial ontologies, the aim is to foster art and creative activism as a form of multispecies solidarity, involving both other-than-humans and marginalized humans as collaborators. Integrating Black and Indigenous perspectives into critical discussions on how we create more just and responsible climate futures is essential in order to create new perspectives and create new solidarities (Yusoff 2018). We are particularly interested in creative activist interventions working with Most Affected People and Areas (MAPA).

The panel seeks to explore the complexities of systems and relationships as a way of mapping accountability. It aims to view disease as part of a larger web of relationships with the more-than-human, and to demand accountability for those who are affected by the climate crisis and its direct impact on suffering, life, and mortality of more-than-humans.

Panel convenors invite projects that use approaches engaging with embodied and sensory modes and welcome submissions in the form of artworks, e.g. workshops, tastings, performances, films, audio works and interactive activities. Please ensure you include any specialist technical requirements and/or accessibility information as part of your abstract submission.

Accepted contributions:

Session 1 Tuesday 16 July, 2024, -