The Environmental Humanities have emerged from an increasing consensus coming from the natural, social, artistic and humanistic sciences stating that the usual economic and scientific arguments fall short at triggering changes among the public to which these courses are directed at.

At the same time, the influence of belief systems, values, aesthetics and affects in relation to the environmental conflicts is still not well understood. Different perspectives suggest that the Environmental Humanities may be the answer when trying to facilitate or mediate intercultural dialogues that may contribute to sustainable and resilient practices and relationships with the non-humans.

Where does this term come from? What for? What are the main tendencies? Is collaboration among the Humanities and the Socio-Ecological sciences in Latin America necessary? Is it worthwhile to rethink or diversify the Humanities within the continent? What are the affinities and where are we failing to come together?

These questions, among others, together with specific cases taken from literature and the cinema will be discussed during the online seminar called “What rhymes with Resilience? The Humanities get acclimated”.

The presentation will be given by Jorge Marcone, who is specialized in Environmental Humanities and Ecocriticism. Marcone is a member of SARAS Advisory Board and an advocate of this subject in SARAS latest public conference in 2017: “Humanities and Ecology for the 21st century”. His specialises on popular and indigenous ecologism in ecological thinking and Latin American culture; literature, cinema and the arts of the Amazonia.

Date: Tuesday, May 8 2018.
Time: 2pm (GMT-3). Please check your local time depending on location by clicking here.
This activity is free of charge but requires enrolment by completing the online form available here.
Access will be available from any device with an internet connection.
Please note that this seminar will be given in Spanish.
Organized by SARAS Institute.

About the presenter

Jorge Marcone is a professor at Rudgers University’s (New Jersey) Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and in the Program of Comparative Literature. At present, Marcone is a member of SARAS Institute Advisory Board. He is specialised in in ecocriticism and the environmental humanities, with a focus on the impact of popular and indigenous ecologisms in the ecological thinking and culture of Latin America; literature, cinema and the arts in the Amazonia. Marcone has published works on Alexander von Humboldt, Amazonia’s colonial literature, ecology and the “novel of the earth” and the “novel of the jungle”, Mexican literature, “Chicana” literature, Pablo Neruda, José Emilio Pacheco, José María Arguedas, Mario Vargas Llosa, César Calvo; and about cinema and the resurgence of the “ecologism of the poor”.