Post Natural Walking Tour: An Expedition into the Upper Holocene

The golden spike of the Anthropocene has not yet been struck. Geologists are currently searching the planet for optimal placement of this official marker. Candidate indicators range from the accumulation of fertilizer in Northern Hemisphere lakebeds to radioactive fallout from the atomic bomb to deposits of microplastics in the Great Barrier Reef.

08.Okt2022

11:30 – 14:30

Futurium

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Dauer:3 Stunden

But the unasked question of our age is whether the Anthropocene is inevitable. Instead of searching for the Anthropocene, can we rediscover the Holocene? The unspoken plea of the Anthropocene is to prevent this new geological epoch, instead of becoming the cause of it. The concept will succeed if it's self-defeating, and the Anthropocene turns out to be nothing more than an unfortunate episode within a Greater Holocene that encompasses it.

Jonathon Keats:
Jonathon Keats is an artist, writer and experimental philosopher whose conceptually-driven transdisciplinary projects explore all aspects of society, adapting methods from the sciences and the humanities. He is the award-winning author of seven books on subjects ranging from science and technology to culture and the arts, most recently You Belong to the Universe, published by Oxford University Press. A research associate at the University of Arizona and a fellow of the Highland Institute, Keats is the founding director of the Museum of Future History and co-directs the Center for Climate-Adapted Heritage Cuisine. He has exhibited art and lectured at dozens of institutions worldwide, from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to Stanford University to the Triennale di Milano, and from SXSW to CERN to UNESCO.

Frederic Griesbaum:
Frederic Griesbaum is a Biologist living in Berlin. His research mostly deals with amphibians and reptiles, however in the last years he also worked on urban ecology. Next to his position at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, he leads guided tours through urban nature and protected nature reserves in Berlin.

On this expedition, the public will be invited to rediscover the Holocene in Berlin. Citizen-explorers will search the city for signs of life after the Anthropocene. The three-hour expedition will be guided by Jonathon Keats and Frederic Griesbaum.

Following a brief introduction in the Futurium lobby, the explorers will take to the streets and collect evidence of environmental remediation and renaturalization of urban settings while also learning about the biodiversity of the city and ways in which the urban wilderness might be better cared for in the future.

Results of the expedition will be presented in a special session of FORMS Lounge: “Planetary Futures: An Expedition into the Greater Holocene”. Moderated by Michael John Gorman, Founding Director of BlOTOPIA Naturkundemuseum Bayern, this public discussion will consider the impending Anthropocene as our last chance to create sustainable, equitable, and prosperous futures. How should we proceed to avert the worst – and to thrive for the next ten millennia?

Information

Venue: Foyer, starting point guided tours
Language: English
Age recommendation: 14-99
Accessibility: The actors are happy to accommodate learning levels and previous knowledge. Also suitable for people with limited mobility.

Registration

Registration is encouraged – secure your place! Registration involves a two-step process. After entering your personal data, you’ll receive an email with a confirmation link that will be active for 30 minutes. Your online registration will only be complete once you’ve clicked on this link to confirm your participation.

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