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The Spring 2016 lecture will be “Composing Blue Ecologies: Science, Aesthetics, and Creatures of the Abyss” by Stacy Alaimo, Professor of English; Distinguished Teaching Professor; Director, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Minor; University of Texas—Arlington.
Alaimo's current book project, Composing Blue Ecologies: Science, Aesthetics, and the Creatures of the Abyss, investigates the science, art, film, and literature of deep sea creatures, asking what modes of recognition and reorientation these unfathomable creatures may spark. It traces how marine animals circulate through science, popular culture, and conservation movements, considering the relation between scientific capture, aesthetic rendering, and the possibilities for posthuman politics. Related essays have been published in Thinking with Water, Prismatic Ecologies, and other places.
When: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts
Sponsored by the Jemison Visiting Professorship in the Humanities.