‘Industrial memories’: What the history of the Anthropocene can tell us about where we’re headed
The Anthropocene Epoch is the name some scientists have proposed for a new chapter in Earth’s history, beginning in the 20th century: an era marked by our unprecedented and irreversible reshaping of the planet. While recently rejected by the geological community, the concept, however, holds great potential for humanities scholars concerned with the state of the planet:
“The Anthropocene denotes our current experiment with the entire Earth – the age of terrestrial reorganization … It is a name for how things connect,” says Sabine Höhler, Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Höhler leads a new research program on the Anthropocene as head of the recently founded Center for Anthropocene History, which aims to mend the long-standing separation between human and Earth history – a fresh approach to remembering the past, navigating the present and imagining possible futures.
Read the full article in Resilience.org by writer Rosa Nan Leunbach.