Talks: Environmental History II

May 27–28, 2023
Environmental History II

Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

For its second edition, the Environmental History symposium addressed the following questions: which narratives, which poetics, and which histories for the Earth?

These questions framed a range of approaches to understanding fragile ecosystems, land use, and the ways environments have been perceived over time through poetry and prose. The symposium examined the layers of human action inscribed upon the environment and their visible traces, explored how Environmental History has evolved since its emergence as a field of inquiry in the twentieth century, and considered the current state of these reflections at a moment when human activity undeniably shapes both the visible and the invisible.

Talks and performances from the second edition

Inhabiting the Earth Differently: An Introduction to Environmental History Grégory Quenet

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 35min

Environment

Time of the World / Time of the Anthropocene: the simultaneous of the non simultaneous François Hartog

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 44min

Environment

Healing the Web of Life: the Buffalo Nations Food System of the Northern Plains and Rockies Jill Falcon Ramaker

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 27min

Environment , Social issues

Ancient DNA, Genetics in the History of Horses and Humans Ludovic Orlando

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 43min

Environment , Biodiversity

Journey to the Earth's surface. Geochemical Perspective on Habitability Jérôme Gaillardet

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 31min

Environment

Terrestrial architectures, rebuilding the common good Salima Naji

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 27min

Environment , Architecture

Planetary Blues: Environmental History, Good and Bad Ghosts of the Future Christof Mauch

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 45min

Environment

Discussion on the occasion of the opening of Le Magasin Électrique “Every building is a prediction, and every prediction is wrong.” Jan Boelen, Joe Halligan, Maria Finders, Laurens Bekemans, Guillaume Habert, Salima Naji

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 70min

Environment , Architecture , Atelier LUMA

Air, Ventilation, Breathing in the 18th Century Marie Thébaud-Sorger

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 44min

Environment

Anthropocene Enquiry in Arles. Exhibitions in Light of the Heat Wave Valérie Disdier

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 18min

Environment , Exhibition , Arles

A Metabolic History of Agriculture in 19th-Century Marseille. Temporalities, Organic Transactions, Ruptures Rémi Grisal

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 33min

Environment

The Historical Resonances of Chlordecone, a Pesticide in the French Antilles Philippe Verdol

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 47min

Environment , Social issues

Dancing in the Zoo. On Simone Forti's Choreographic Work "with" and "for" Zoo Animals Filipa Ramos

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 35min

Environment , Biodiversity

Vegetal Witnessing and Plant Echoes Uriel Orlow

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 34min

Environment , Biodiversity

Remembering Nature Hans Ulrich Obrist

Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?

~ 31min

Environment

About the speakers from the second edition

The symposium brought together researchers, artists, and scholars, who explored ecological narratives and environmental histories through a series of talks and discussions over two days.

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Christine Abdelnour

Musician, free improvising saxophonist

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Dayna Ash

Activist, performing artist, writer

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Rayya Badran

Writer, translator, and educator

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Tosh Basco

Dancer, photographer

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Laurens Bekemans

Architect BC

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Jan Boelen

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Grégory Castéra

Curator, co-founder of Council and founding editor of TANJ (The Against Nature Journal)

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Julien Creuzet

Artist, video maker, performer and poet

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Valérie Disdier

President of Cité anthropocène and Deputy Director of the Lyon Urban School

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Jill Falcon Ramaker

Assistant Professor/Director, Buffalo Nations Food System Initiative at Montana State University

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Simone Fattal

Artist, poet

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Jérôme Gaillardet

Professor of Earth Sciences at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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Rémi Grisal

Doctoral student in contemporary history at Aix-Marseille University

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Guillaume Habert

Chair of Sustainable Construction and Associate Professor at the ETH Zürich

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Joe Halligan

Co-founder of architecture and art collective Assemble

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François Hartog

Director of Studies at the EHESS, Director of the Chair of Ancient and Modern Historiography

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Christof Mauch

Director of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society

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Salima Naji

Architect specializing in vernacular, collective construction projects

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Sharif Sehnaoui

Musician, free improvising guitarist

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Wu Tsang

Filmmaker and visual artist

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Marie Thébaud-Sorger

Associate researcher at the Centre for the History of Science and Technology Alexandre Koyré in Paris and Visiting Researcher at the Maison Française d’Oxford

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Hans Ulrich Obrist

Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London, and Senior Advisor at LUMA Arles

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Precious Okoyomon

Poet and visual artist

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Ludovic Orlando

Director of Research at the CNRS, Director of the Anthropobiology and Genomics Center of Toulouse

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Uriel Orlow

artist

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Grégory Quenet

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

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Filipa Ramos

Writer and curator

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Philippe Verdol

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of the West Indies

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Explore other editions of Environmental History

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Environmental History I

2022

Environmental History III

2024

Environmental History IV

2025

Symposium: Environmental History II

All conferences and performances

May 27–28, 2023
Environmental History II

Talks and performances from the second edition

Interviews from the second edition

About the speakers from the second edition

Christine Abdelnour

Dayna Ash

Rayya Badran

Tosh Basco

Laurens Bekemans

Jan Boelen

Grégory Castéra

Julien Creuzet

Valérie Disdier

Jill Falcon Ramaker

Simone Fattal

Jérôme Gaillardet

Rémi Grisal

Guillaume Habert

Joe Halligan

François Hartog

Christof Mauch

Salima Naji

Sharif Sehnaoui

Wu Tsang

Marie Thébaud-Sorger

Hans Ulrich Obrist

Precious Okoyomon

Ludovic Orlando

Uriel Orlow

Grégory Quenet

Filipa Ramos

Philippe Verdol

Explore other editions of Environmental History

What to read, see, or listen to right now?

Symposium: Environmental History II

All conferences and performances

May 27–28, 2023Environmental History II

Talks and performances from the second edition

Interviews from the second edition

About the speakers from the second edition

Christine Abdelnour

Dayna Ash

Rayya Badran

Tosh Basco

Laurens Bekemans

Jan Boelen

Grégory Castéra

Julien Creuzet

Valérie Disdier

Jill Falcon Ramaker

Simone Fattal

Jérôme Gaillardet

Rémi Grisal

Guillaume Habert

Joe Halligan

François Hartog

Christof Mauch

Salima Naji

Sharif Sehnaoui

Wu Tsang

Marie Thébaud-Sorger

Hans Ulrich Obrist

Precious Okoyomon

Ludovic Orlando

Uriel Orlow

Grégory Quenet

Filipa Ramos

Philippe Verdol

Explore other editions of Environmental History

What to read, see, or listen to right now?

May 27–28, 2023
Environmental History II