Different Futures are Possible In brief Date - 14 August 2023 Speakers - David Farrier and Karine Polwart Venue - Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event Through literature, art, and science, David Farrier’s Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils asks what generations would find of today’s ecological crisis in the distant future. Musician Karine Polwart is also deeply interested in place as a site for hidden histories, scientific curiosity, and folklore. Join us as they discuss how to transform planning for the future, with LLC literature graduate Jessica Gaitán Johannesson. About David Farrier David Farrier is Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh. David convenes the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, and he is particularly interested in how literature, especially poetry, responds to the challenges of the Anthropocene. David's most recent books consider the new reality of the Anthropocene. 'Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones, and Extinction' (Minnesota Press, 2019) is a study of contemporary environmental poetry, and 'Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils' (4th Estate/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020) explores what traces of present societies will persist in the deep future. 'Footprints' won the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn award for unpublished non-fiction in 2017. Browse David's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 14 2023 11.45 - 12.45 Different Futures are Possible A conversation between David Farrier (English Literature) and musician Karine Polwart about today's ecological crisis, hidden histories, and how to transform planning for the future. Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Different Futures are Possible In brief Date - 14 August 2023 Speakers - David Farrier and Karine Polwart Venue - Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event Through literature, art, and science, David Farrier’s Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils asks what generations would find of today’s ecological crisis in the distant future. Musician Karine Polwart is also deeply interested in place as a site for hidden histories, scientific curiosity, and folklore. Join us as they discuss how to transform planning for the future, with LLC literature graduate Jessica Gaitán Johannesson. About David Farrier David Farrier is Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh. David convenes the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, and he is particularly interested in how literature, especially poetry, responds to the challenges of the Anthropocene. David's most recent books consider the new reality of the Anthropocene. 'Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones, and Extinction' (Minnesota Press, 2019) is a study of contemporary environmental poetry, and 'Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils' (4th Estate/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020) explores what traces of present societies will persist in the deep future. 'Footprints' won the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn award for unpublished non-fiction in 2017. Browse David's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 14 2023 11.45 - 12.45 Different Futures are Possible A conversation between David Farrier (English Literature) and musician Karine Polwart about today's ecological crisis, hidden histories, and how to transform planning for the future. Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Aug 14 2023 11.45 - 12.45 Different Futures are Possible A conversation between David Farrier (English Literature) and musician Karine Polwart about today's ecological crisis, hidden histories, and how to transform planning for the future. Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
