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Symposium: Environmental History IV

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Première édition du symposium

2022

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Deuxième édition du symposium

2023

May 30 to June 1, 2025
Environmental History IV

Learning from the Unknown

For its fourth edition, the Environmental History symposium at LUMA Arles brings together historians, scientists, artists, architects and designers to explore ecology through a historical lens.

In an era marked by rapid climate change and ecological uncertainty, Learning from the Unknown offers a framework through which to approach some of the complex environmental challenges of our times. Focusing on questions that address the ecological rupture of ecosystems we are currently experiencing, and looking into the ways in which societies have responded to environmental crises through adaptation, resilience and anticipation, the symposium seeks to understand the different forms and patterns of living, creating, and transmitting knowledge that can emerge when we experience unknown and unfamiliar realities.

From melting glaciers to tracing the history of colonial archives, from forgotten catastrophes of the past to climate projections, the symposium will connect diverse fields of expertise in an attempt to understand how societies confront the unknown.

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Talks and performances from the fourth edition

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Lecture/Performance – We Are in Flood with Ayesha Hameed and Tom Hirst Ayesha Hameed
Environmental history IV
~ 34min
Social issues , Environment
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On trial: The Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) with Jonas Staal and Radha D'Souza Jonas Staal,  Radha D'Souza
Environmental history IV
~ 53min
Environment , Social issues
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Science and Fiction in Bermuda’s Oceanographic Expeditions (1929–1940) with Magdalena Grüner Magdalena Grüner
Environmental history IV
~ 19min
Environment , Social issues
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Presentation of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT with Skylar Tibbits Skylar Tibbits
Environmental history IV
~ 33min
Environment , Social issues
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Adaptive Reuse of the Former Clinic Jean-Paoli with Laurens Bekemans Participant(s) Laurens Bekemans
Environmental history IV
~ 27min
Environment , Social issues
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The Apocalypse as Revelation: “Remembering What Is to Come" with Jeanne Brun Jeanne Brun
Environmental history IV
~ 20min
Environment , Social issues
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Inhabiting Uncertainty: Lessons on Living with Precarity from Central India. with Amita Baviskar Amita Baviskar
Environmental history IV
~ 27min
Environment , Social issues
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Introduction by Grégory Quenet Grégory Quenet
Environmental history IV
~ 37min
Environment , Social issues
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On trial: The Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) with Olivier Dangles Olivier Dangles
Environmental history IV
~ 37min
Environment , Social issues
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But who's fighting for beauty? Artistic practices and ecofeminist perspectives in the wake of Japan's March 11 triple disaster with Élodie Royer Élodie Royer
Environmental history IV
~ 20min
Environment , Social issues
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Inhabiting the Becoming with Éric Daniel-Lacombe Éric Daniel-Lacombe
Environmental history IV
~ 27min
Environment , Social issues
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Urban Heat: the Pernicious Spectre with Eléni Myrivili Eleni Myrivili
Environmental history IV
~ 36min
Environment , Social issues
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The Universe Without Man: Fantasizing the Unknown - Between Terror and Pleasure (1859-2025) with Thomas Schlesser Thomas Schlesser
Environmental history IV
~ 23min
Environment , Social issues
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Discursive lock-in? Geological disposal of nuclear waste for future unknowns with Catharina Landström Catharina Landström
Environmental history IV
~ 28min
Environment , Social issues
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Here, Here, the Wonderful Clouds ... The "Fog Sculpture" (1970) by Fujiko Nakaya with Christophe Leclercq Christophe Leclercq
Environmental history IV
~ 22min
Environment , Social issues
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Sarcophagus of Drunken Loves with Khalil Joreige and Joana Hadjithomas Joana Hadjithomas / Khalil Joreige
Environmental history IV
~ 28min
Environment , Social issues
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Salt Frontiers: The Rhône River Delta and the Threat of Salinization with Matthieu Duperrex Matthieu Duperrex
Environmental history IV
~ 17min
Environment , Social issues
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Heat Adaptation in the Mediterranean Context with Thomas Doxiadis, Eléni Myrivíli, Bas Smets and Vassilis Oikonomopoulos Thomas Doxiadis,  Vassilis Oikonomopoulos,  Eleni Myrivili,  Bas Smets
Environmental history IV
~ 61min
Environment , Social issues
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Exploring Future Patterns: A Look Back at the IPCC Scenarios with Valérie Masson-Delmotte Valérie Masson-Delmotte
Environmental history IV
~ 34min
Environment , Social issues
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Is there a historical precedent for the environmental crisis? Reaction to the "Social Question" at the turn of the XXth century with Paul-André Rosental Paul-André Rosental
Environmental history IV
~ 37min
Environment , Social issues
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Grand Prix des Victoires du Paysage 2024 awarded to LUMA Arles for the Parc des Ateliers by Michel Audouy Bas Smets,  Maja Hoffmann
Environmental history IV
~ 13min
Environment , Social issues
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Unlocking the Colonial Archive through Artificial Intelligence with Patricia Murrieta-Flores and Salma Mochtari Patricia Murrieta-Flores
Environmental history IV
~ 18min
Environment , Social issues
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An Archeology of the Unknown with David Wengrow and Martin Guinard David Wengrow,  Martin Guinard
Environmental history IV
~ 54min
Environment , Social issues

About the speakers from the fourth edition

The symposium brings together historians, scientists, artists, architects, and designers, who explore ecology through a historical lens in a series of talks and exchanges across three days.

Ayesha Hameed

Artist/research associate, Kone Foundation, professor of artistic research, University of Helsinki

Amita Baviskar

Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology & Anthropology

Jonas Staal

Artist

Radha D'Souza

Professor of Law

Tom Hirst

Musician

Magdalena Grüner

Skylar Tibbits

Founder and Co-Director of the Self-Assembly Lab, MIT

Laurens Bekemans

Architect BC

Jeanne Brun

Archivist-paleographer

Grégory Quenet

Professor of Environmental History University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Olivier Dangles

Director of Research

Élodie Royer

Independent curator and doctoral student, École normale supérieure

Éric Daniel-Lacombe

Architect

Thomas Schlesser

Director, Hartung-Bergman Foundation

Catharina Landström

Head of the Science, Technology and Society Division at Chalmers University of Technology

Christophe Leclercq

Critic and tesearcher in contemporary art history

Joana Hadjithomas / Khalil Joreige

Artists

Matthieu Duperrex

Artist / Philosopher

Thomas Doxiadis

Architect / Professor

Bas Smets

Landscape architect, LUMA Arles

Valérie Masson-Delmotte

Climatologist and former co-director of Group I of the IPCC

Paul-André Rosental

Professor

Patricia Murrieta-Flores

Co-Director of the Center for Digital Humanities at Lancaster University

David Wengrow

Professor

Explore other editions of Environmental History

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Environmental History I

2022

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Environmental History II

2023

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Environmental History III

2024

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