Conférence | The Art of Marshy Thinking

Stéphanie Posthumus, membre de GRIVE, vous invite à la conférence de Dr. Daniel Finch-Race, The Art of Marshy Thinking qui s’inscrit dans le volet sur les milieux humides. La conférence aura lieu le 15 mai 2023 de 11h00 à 12h30, à l’Université Mc Gill.

Date: 15 mai 2023

Heure: 11h00 à 12h30

Lieu: Université Mc Gill, salle 1041, 680 rue Sherbrooke ouest, Montréal

Résumé

• What can be learned by studying wetlands at the intersection of cultural geography and the environmental humanities? This paper draws on research in the applied and social sciences to offer insights into the complexities of assemblages of water and land that are constantly in flux. Spatial and temporal matters are taken as a starting point for delving into pressing questions to do with ecosystem services, value perception and reasons for appreciation/depreciation. The significance of nineteenth-century literary and artistic representations of swampy sites is then broached in terms of mapping shifting attitudes and possibilities for greater public engagement. Ultimately, I make the case for a type of ‘marshy thinking’ as a way of responding to the challenges of the climate crisis through care for all those ecologies that tend to be deemed less than spectacular. 

Bio-bibliography

• Daniel Finch-Race FHEA FRGS is Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Bologna, Communications Consultant for Economia&Ecologia, and Deputy Treasurer for the European Society of Comparative Literature. He sits on the editorial boards of Modern & Contemporary France and Storicamente. His solo articles and themed issues encompass journals such as European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Lagoonscapes and Nineteenth-Century Contexts. He co-edited French Ecocriticism (Peter Lang) and Textures (Peter Lang), plus three ecocritical issues of Dix-neuf andL’esprit créateur. He is contracted to co-author The Cambridge Introduction to Women’s Poetry in French (Cambridge University Press) and co-edit Italian Science Fiction and the Environmental Humanities (Liverpool University Press).