Masterclass – Cosmopolitics of the Anthropocene, Philippe Descola

(in English) Masterclass: « Cosmopolitics of the Anthropocene »

Speaker: Philippe Descola, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at Collège de France, Researcher in Anthropology, Ethnology and Philosophy, Paris, France

Asbtract: In many parts of the world, the use of land depends on a host of non-human entities endowed with an autonomous agency with whom humans must negotiate – deities, spirits, genies, ancestors, mountains, animals, meteors. The political relationship to the land differs from what we are familiar with in the Western world, either because non-humans are social agents within an encompassing collective, or because they are seen as subjects acting within their own collectives. These examples are worth considering for a less destructive and less anthropocentric approach to the Earth.

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This programme of masterclasses is organized by the EURIP Graduate School (École Universitaire de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Paris). Located at the Learning Planet Institute, in collaboration with Université Paris Cité, it brings together the Master of AIRE (Approaches to Interdisciplinary Research and Education) and the FIRE Doctoral School (Frontières de l’Innovation en Recherche et Éducation). EURIP welcomes postgraduate students and early career researchers who aim to address global challenges related to sustainability and Planetary Health through innovative, interdisciplinary approaches.

Participation upon registration – for more information contact our team at alice.robineau@learningplanetinstitute.org