Poster DL » <\/i><\/a><\/p>\nThis seminar presents yet another geological epoch, which we term the Plantationocene. While the idea of the Anthropocene has gained considerable currency in recent years, we instead use this concept of Plantationocene to offer fresh perspectives that go beyond conventional, human-centric understandings of nature as well as the human\/nature dichotomy through case studies of multispecies in plantation systems. Through this approach, we aim to bridge a deep divide between the natural sciences and social sciences, combine ethnographic and data-driven methodologies, and present an empirically grounded and historically informed study of human, non-human and their environments.<\/p>\n
The seminar will be followed by the book launch of the following two new books:<\/p>\n
– Japanese translation of The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna L. Tsing, Princeton U.P, 2015. Translated by Jun Akamine, published by Misuzu Shobo, Japan, 2019.
\n– Ishikawa, Noboru & Ryoji Soda (eds.), Anthropogenic Tropical Forests: Human-Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier: Springer Nature, 2019.<\/p>\n
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\nProgram<\/strong>
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\n13:30<\/strong>
\n Moderator: Julie Ann Delos Reyes (CSEAS)
\n Opening Remarks
\n Noboru Ishikawa (CSEAS)<\/p>\n13:40<\/strong>
\n Plantationocene: Life in Past and Coming Ruins
\n Anna Tsing (University of California, Santa Cruz)<\/p>\n14:10<\/strong>
\n Anthropogenic Tropical Forests: Human-Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier
\n Noboru Ishikawa (CSEAS)<\/p>\n14:40 – 14:50<\/strong> Tea Break<\/p>\n14:50<\/strong>
\n Whale and Orangutan: A Possible Link between Whale Oil and Palm Oil
\n Jun Akamine (Hitotsubashi University)<\/p>\n15:20<\/strong>
\n General Discussion<\/p>\n15:50<\/strong>
\n Moderator: Miles Kenney-Lazar (NUS)
\n Book Launch<\/p>\n17:00 – 18:00<\/strong> Reception
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