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Public events program

ANTHROPOCENE CAMPUS VENICE 2021

Program of public online events

(last updated on October 7th)

All events will be available via links added below, and will also be streamed on the YouTube page of the Center for the Humanities and Social Change)

All times indicated are CEST (UTC+2)

Monday, October 11

Starting at 6.00pm

6.00pm – 7.00pm

Keynote

Amitav Ghosh (writer) in conversation with Francesca Tarocco (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Serenella Iovino (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Please note: this is event is going to be streamed only, and will not remain available on our website/YouTube page.
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Tuesday, October 12

Starting at 11.30am

11.30am – 1.00pm

Screening & Artist Talk
(Opening event of the online exhibition and project Aquaphobia: Fear of Water)

Jakob Steensen (artist, Berlin) in conversation with Daniel Birnbaum (director and curator, Acute Art), introduced and moderated by Cristina Baldacci (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) and Valeria Facchin (producer and independent researcher, London)

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5.30pm – 6.30pm

Keynote

Florike Egmond (University of Leiden)
Water as a way of life (and death): Holland, 20th-16th centuries
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Wednesday, October 13

Starting at 5.30pm

5.30pm – 6.30pm

Keynote
Mark T. Brown (Dept. Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida)
Water Politics in the Anthropocene: A Systems Perspective
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Thursday, October 14

Starting at 10.00 am

10.00am – 12.00pm

Event
Inauguration of the Max Planck Partner Group The Water City
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2.30pm – 4.00pm

Artist Talk
In collaboration with Science Gallery Venice
Emma Critchley (artist, Brighton) and Haseeb Ahmed (artist, Brussels) in conversation with Ariane Koek (creative producer and curator, London/Venice). Due to a technical problem, this video will not be streamed live, but it will be uploaded as soon as possible.
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6.00pm – 7.30pm

Artist Talk
In collaboration with Ocean Space–TBA21Academy, part of OCEAN / UNI
Giorgio Andreotta Calò (artist, Venice/Amsterdam) in conversation with Barbara Casavecchia (curator, Venice/Milan)
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Friday, October 15

Starting at 4.00pm

4.00pm – 6.00pm

Screening & Artist Talk
In collaboration with Teatro Ca’ Foscari Santa Marta
Ila Bêka&Louise Lemoine (artists, Venice) in conversation with Miriam De Rosa (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Susanne Franco (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
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6.00pm – 7.00pm

Keynote
Astrida Neimanis (Canada Research Chair in Feminist Environmental Humanities at the University fo British Columbia, Okanagan Campus)
How to Talk About the Weather: Interventions in Social Infrastructure
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