Acting in an Uncertain World: Thinking Techno-Ecologically?

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dc.contributor.authorGirvan, Anita
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-06T19:02:13Z
dc.date.available2015-10-06T19:02:13Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-03-18
dc.descriptionAnita Girvan is a research associate at PACTAC. Her PhD project focuses on the mediating role ‘carbon footprint’ metaphors in responses to climate change, and her broader interests are in the cultural and geo-political loops of language, narrative and ecology. She is also a Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Fellow at the University of Victoria and recipient of a Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship.en_US
dc.description.abstractBorrowing the title from an essay by Michael Callon and his colleagues working at the intersection of science and technology studies and politics, this presentation, “Acting in an Uncertain World”, attempts to think through questions of environment and technology in a time of proliferating ecological crises. These crises, no longer conceived of as ‘natural’ disasters, or ‘human’ problems but deep entanglements, suggest new forms of technologically enabled democracy, where both slowness (slowing down to institutionalize deliberative processes) and speed (especially in communicating to inform an engaged citizenry) may interact in novel ways.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipArthur Kroker, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Theory, Digital Inflectionsen_US
dc.identifier.citationGirvan, Anita. "Acting in an Uncertain World: Thinking Techno-Ecologically?" Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, Victoria, B.C. 18 March 2011. Presentation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://pactac.net/2011/03/acting-in-an-uncertain-world-thinking-techno-ecologically/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6748
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPacific Centre for Technology and Cultureen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDigital Inflections: Visions for the Posthuman Futureen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectecologyen_US
dc.subjectenvironmenten_US
dc.subjectecological crisisen_US
dc.subjectnatural disastersen_US
dc.subjectscience and technology studiesen_US
dc.titleActing in an Uncertain World: Thinking Techno-Ecologically?en_US
dc.typeVideoen_US

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