Imagining Climate Change
Imagining Climate Change Audio Discussion on climate and culture with writers Amitav Ghosh, Lidia Yuknavitch and visual artist Kambui Olujimi. Audio conversation about global warming as viewed from the perspective of writers and artists About Tool Tool Name Imagining Climate Change Discipline Humanities Topic(s) in Discipline Cultural Studies, Literature, Pholisophy Climate Topic Climate and the […]
Cli-Fi- Climate Change Literature
Cli-Fi- Climate Change Literature Teaching Module Teaching modules to learn about climate change science and climate change literature by analysing and interpreting data and by performing rhetorical analyses of climate change literature.“The module is designed to be completed in introductory natural science classes where literature is not typically included as well as in humanities classes […]
Amitav Ghosh on Literary Fiction
Amitav Ghosh on Literary Fiction Video Video lectures by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Fiction, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming’ as part of a 4 part lecture series delivered at the University of Chicago’s Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures. In this set of two video lectures, […]
What is Cli-Fi?
What is Cli-Fi? Video A video by Stephanie LeMenager, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, that discusses the genre of climate fiction (Cli-Fi). The video introduces this new genre of writing and includes definitions by contemporary artists, authors and filmmakers. This video further highlights new sub-genres such as ‘anthropocene fiction’ and ‘solar punk’ that have their origins […]
Amitav Ghosh on the Politics of Climate Change
Amitav Ghosh on the Politics of Climate Change Video A video lecture by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Fiction, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming’ as part of a 4 part lecture series delivered at the University of Chicago’s Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures. In this video […]
Can Cli-Fi Save The Planet?
Can Cli-Fi Save The Planet? Reading A short article by Dan Bloom in The Medium about potential ways in which climate fiction (Cli-Fi) is now helping students engage with climate change and can provide potential solutions to the crisis. In this short article, Bloom, who is thought to have coined the term ‘Cli-Fi’ discusses the […]
A Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) Syllabus
A Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) Syllabus Reading An article published by Yale Climate Connections on resources for teaching climate fiction. The article features Elizabeth Rush, a climate fiction educator at Brown University, who discusses the ways in which climate fiction can create a relationship between humans, their environment and technology. The article provides educators a list […]
Amitav Ghosh on History and Climate Change
Amitav Ghosh on History and Climate Change Video A video lecture by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Fiction, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming’ as part of a 4 part lecture series delivered at the University of Chicago’s Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures. In this video lecture, […]
Climate Change in Literary Fiction
Climate Change in Literary Fiction Reading An article by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable’ in The Guardian that discusses the lack of climate change in fictional writing. The author discusses the evolution of the narrative in novels and why fiction writers have been resistant to include the topic […]
A Commentary on Dipesh Chakrabarty’s The Climate of History: Four Theses
A Commentary on Dipesh Chakrabarty’s The Climate of History: Four Theses Video A short video commentary by Dr Maya Dodd, FLAME University, India on ‘The Climate of History: Four Theses’ by Dipesh Chakrabarty. This video commentary summarises Dipesh Chakrabarty’s essay on the link between history, literature and climate change. Dodd summarises the four theses posed […]