In-person workshop 'Bodies After COP26: Biosocial-Medical Responses to the Climate Emergency'

With UCL Anthropocene, UCL Anthropology, UCL Institute for Global Health
Keynotes: Alex Nading, Cornell University; Anthony Costello, UCL; Sahra Gibbon & Jennie Gamlin, UCL (TBD)
Guest speakers: Ariel Ortega, Indigenous Guarani-Mbya filmmaker, Teko’a Koenju, Brazil; Bruno Huyer, IPHAN, Brazil; Valeria Macedo, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Organisers: Maria Paula Prates (maria.prates@ucl.ac.uk) and Rebecca Irons (Rebecca.irons@ucl.ac.uk)

It is of little doubt that the climate emergency is an issue of absolute urgence for scholars to address, as we begin to see the increasing effects on the environment brought about by the age of the Anthropocene. Beyond geological influences, human and non-human bodies and their health are deeply impacted by environmental factors, not the least the current pandemic, inviting an interdisciplinary biosocial medical approach to understand contemporary transformations and understandings of “risk”. We seek to enhance networks and collaborations between ECRs whose work engages the Anthropocene and health, reflecting on the important outcomes of COP26 and UCL’s Grand Challenge of ‘Global Health’ as our starting point.

We warmly invite you all to this one-day workshop. We plan to bring together interdisciplinary Professors, Researchers and ECRs (PhD, postdoc, junior scholars) who share an interest in (human and non-human) bodies and health in the age of the Anthropocene. On the day we will enjoy expert keynote and guest speakers, a reading group, and networking opportunities.

This workshop has received funds from the IAS Octagon Small Grants Fund

Photo by William Gibson on Unsplash