ACCUMULATION: The Material Ecologies and Economies of Plastic
Goldsmiths University London, New Academic Building LG01
21st June 2011, 10am-6pm
A one day interdisciplinary symposium organized by the Centre for
Invention and Social Process and Design Department, Goldsmiths,
University of London, and the Centre for Critical and Cultural
Studies, University of Queensland, Australia.
More than any other material, plastic has become emblematic of
economies of abundance and ecological destruction. If the postwar
'plastics age' was cleaner and brighter than all that preceded it, its
boosterism has now become intertwined with anxiety as the burdens of
accumulating plastics wastes register in environments and bodies.
Plastic accumulates meanings, functions, concerns, visibilities,
values, properties and futures – how then to make sense of this? The
purpose of this interdisciplinary workshop is to explore the vitality,
complexity and irony of plastic and to examine a range of issues that
cut across arts, humanities, natural sciences, politics and social
sciences.
Speakers will include:
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent,
Joe Deville,
Tom Fisher,
Jennifer Gabrys,
Gay Hawkins,
James Marriott,
Mike Michael,
Richard Thompson.
For more information please visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=4452
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The symposium is free but seats are limited. To reserve a place please
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