Anumitha John
Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words – Ursula K. Le Guin
As a literary and cultural analysis scholar, I’ve always been interested in narratives of the environment—how we can “read” the signs of climate breakdown, how seemingly foreclosed futures can be re-envisioned through the lens of resistance and alternative knowledges, and how we can be attuned to the voices of both a storied and storytelling planet. My approach to the environmental humanities has been shaped experientially through the extreme weathers affecting the places I call home; interdisciplinarily through more-than-human and decolonial perspectives; and above all, by the realization – arrived at every now and then – that everything on this planet is interconnected.
Contact: anumitha.john@uni-a.de
The world’s oceans are vast and alive, teeming with more-than-human communities, entangled ecosystems, and storied histories. What can we learn from them about our collective futures amidst climate breakdown?
ALTER/NATIVE OCEANIC FUTURES: SPECULATIVE SURVIVANCE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
The world’s oceans are vast and alive, teeming with more-than-human communities, entangled ecosystems, and storied histories. What can we learn from them about our collective futures amidst climate breakdown?