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An Emotional Lexicon for Climate Change: WONDER, DENIAL, DISAPPOINTMENT, GRIEF, and HOPE
September 14, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - September 16, 2016 @ 9:00 pm
AN EMOTIONAL LEXICON FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
6:30PM
WONDER, DENIAL, DISAPPOINTMENT, GRIEF, AND HOPE
6:30PM – Reception, Event at 7:00PM
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens.
Reflect with local environmental humanities scholars on how arts and culture can help us understand the feelings we might have as we think about climate change.
A PUBLIC EVENT SERIES
BRINGING MIAMI TOGETHER TO
DISCUSS OUR FUTURE
Organized by the Department of History of the Green School of International and Public Affairs, Florida International University in collaboration with HistoryMiami Museum, The Kampong, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Dade County Public Schools’ Department of Social Sciences, the FIU Green Library Digital Collections Center, and Catalyst Miami
Made possible in part by a major grant from the Humanities in the Public Square Initiative of The National Endowment for the Humanities: Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence
Explore the challenges Miami faces from climate change through culture and history. Join nationally recognized scholars and local environmentalists for stories about our connections to this unique and fragile landscape. How can we come together to imagine our future and prioritize what is most valuable, just, and worthy of preservation?
For more information about the NEH-funded Ecohumanities for Cities in Crisis Event Series, please see ecohumanities.fiu.edu
Details
- Start:
- September 14, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
- End:
- September 16, 2016 @ 9:00 pm
- Event Categories:
- 2016, Events, FIU
- Event Tags:
- 2016, 2016 events, Alastair Gordon, April Merleaux, art, CARTA, Catherine Newell, climate, Cortada, eco-art, ecology, Elizabeth Doud, environment, fiu, Florida International University, global climate change, Mark Rowlands, NEH, performance, Remko Jansonius, sea level rise, SEAS, SLSC, south florida, UM, University of Miami, Vizcaya, xavier cortada, xcortada
- Website:
- ecohumanities.fiu.edu
Organizer
- April Merleaux, Ph.D., FIU History
- Email:
- amerleau@fiu.edu
Venue
- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
-
3251 S Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33129 United States + Google Map - Phone:
- 305-250-9133
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