BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN
URL:https://lectures.london/cambridge-university/weirding-sustainability/c
 alender.ics
NAME:Lectures London
X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London
TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5e7a032d-26b9-4f52-aa9d-338b8f255057
SEQUENCE:0
DTSTAMP:20260603T073640
DTSTART:20260605T140000
DTEND:20260605T163000
SUMMARY:Weirding Sustainability
LOCATION:Cambridge University: Various
DESCRIPTION:The ecological crisis has been described as “global weirding
 ”\, a term that encompasses both anthropogenically changed worlds (inclu
 ding complex\, unpredictable manifestations of climatic destabilisation) a
 nd the disorienting experience of dwelling within them (Turnbull et al.\, 
 2022). The term “weird” has also been used within literature to explor
 e questions of what does (not) belong\, and our experiences of alienation\
 , estrangement\, fascination\, entanglement and ambivalence in encounters 
 with the more-than-human world. “The weird is unearthly\, gesturing towa
 rds and veering away from Earth…[and] is concerned with boundary crossin
 gs and blurrings\, interruption and change. In the Anthropocene\, the weir
 d involves (un)earthly belonging.” (Turnbull\, 2021: 275) Weirding might
  therefore invite ways of thinking “beyond the rational bioeconomic narr
 ative\, at the level of myth rather than the level of objects\, products\,
  services\, ‘solutions’ and so forth embedded in…’sustainability
 ’” (Escobar et al.\, 2024: 189). In this two-day event series\, we exp
 lore the potential for weirding sustainability\; going beyond conventional
  discourses that reproduce business-as-usual\, to ask: What does global we
 irding mean for us as researchers and creative practitioners? How might a 
 weirding of our own imaginations and practices spark more radical and mean
 ingful change?
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/detail.shtml?uid=bbf9a983
 -78df-42c3-b797-23284e0b884d
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR