32211
Seminar
The Scales of the Anthropocene
Stefanie Müller
Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen
Note: This is a reading-intensive class. If you don’t like to read fiction, think twice about joining! Moreover, if you want to participate and receive credits for it, please take note of the following conditions for participation:
1. The shopping period is limited to week one. This means that it does not suffice to register on campus management. To secure your spot, you must be present during the second meeting at the latest.
2. One of the long texts that we will be discussing is Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140. If you plan to join the class, I recommend that you start reading it asap!
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Kommentar
Scale is a central concept in the cultural and literary debates over the so-called “Anthropocene:” temporally and in particularly spatially, climate change is too vast an object to fathom, as a popular argument in this vein runs; a hyperobject, as Timothy Morton puts it. A third scale involves agents: the “Anthropocene” requires a collective effort as much as it impacts humans in the aggregate. In recent years, scholars in various disciplines have contributed to this discussion and more importantly, have begun to inquire into the precise role and significance of scale in all of this. This class is designed to do likewise, yet with a focus on literature. We will read and discuss theoretical work on scale and discuss individual literary texts and their negotiations of “Anthropocene” scales. Schließen
14 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Di, 14.04.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 21.04.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 28.04.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 05.05.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 12.05.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 19.05.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 26.05.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 02.06.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 09.06.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 16.06.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 23.06.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 30.06.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 07.07.2026 14:00 - 16:00
Di, 14.07.2026 14:00 - 16:00