CfP: Launching the Atmospheric Humanities, Greece, 14-16 July 2020 (deadline 20 Feb)
Launching the Atmospheric Humanities
The Fifth International Workshop on Science, Philosophy and Literature
Hermoupolis, Syros Island, Greece
14-16 July 2020
Organized by the International Commission of Science and Literature and the International Commission on History of Meteorology
The Atmospheric Humanities is a new and
fast-emerging multidisciplinary field of scholarship that explores
socio-cultural dimensions of atmospheric knowledge and practice.
Atmospheric Humanities is envisioned as a trans-disciplinary exercise
designed to capture the atmosphere's agency as it becomes manifest as a
medium, life-giver, carrier, nutrient source, threat and a concern in
modern life, politics, and art. In foregrounding these manifestations,
the atmosphere emerges as a site of inquiry
into the cultural appropriations of air’s modalities and diverse forms
of climatological citizenship.
This foundational workshop aims to foster
discussions on how atmospheric themes, memes, and objects emerge, spread
and travel across artistic and academic communities. We especially
welcome contributions from scholars whose work spans disciplines,
including, but not limited to, literary and media studies, history of
science, environmental history, aesthetics, visual arts, architecture,
phenomenology, and social sciences.
Key themes:
·
The changing representation(s) of the atmosphere in art and popular media, both contemporary and historical.· Interfaces and interactions between scientific understanding(s) of the atmosphere and other ways of knowing or experiencing the atmosphere (e.g. political, indigenous, religious, philosophical, aesthetic).
· Explorations of space and scale in relation to human understanding of the atmosphere and related concepts such as weather and climate.
· The material culture of the atmosphere, including technologies used to measure, assess, represent and manipulate the atmosphere.
The organizers will provide limited travel support to early career scholars.
Organizing committee: Vladimir Jankovic (University
of Manchester), Madalina Diaconu (University of Vienna), Alexander Hall
(University of Birmingham), James R. Fleming (Colby College)
Please send your abstract before 20 February 2020 to Dr Vladimir Jankovic.
For information on support, contact Dr Alexander Hall