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Perish in Beauty? Climate Change as Cultural Demand.

Talk
Thu 29.01.2009 - 13:00

The Climate change in its cause and physical impact is a matter of the natural siences. But the complexity and vast squareness of its consequences turn the debate into a matter of social and cultural studies. "In climate change lies not only the chance to overcome outmoded standards of living and actings but also to develop new institutional and individual modes of cooperation and cultural techniques for handling large scale threats." What are the chances and possibilities (technological and cultural) of opposing the destructive dynamics of climate change with constructive elements (policy, economy, technology, culture, art etc.)?

In cooperation with KWI Essen

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Opening Lecture.
Perish in Beauty? Climate Change as Cultural Demand, Claus Leggewie
Thu 29.01. - 13:00

Opening of the Conference
The Making and the Thinking, with Paul Quassa and Martin Burckhardt,
chaired by Rob van Kranenburg
Thu 29.01. - 14:00