Ecolog:
Well, I listened to the whole 45 or so minutes. It had its moments, to be
sure. But I also came away feeling that a lot of standard motherhood issues
were presumptively thrown out as just opinions, and that it largely ended up
as an audio mug-book for what are probably some very nice hard-working
people for the most part. It had the character of a grab-bag of commentary,
much of it the standard hype that people may be growing tired of hearing
over and over and over again. Dull. Preachy.
Still, I have the feeling that some of the authors/interviewees have some
important things to say and do. Maybe a discussion amongst all the speakers?
I noted that there was some difference of opinion among them--Hooray! Let's
hear THAT then. Break the mirrors!
This is not to say that the goal isn't noble--it is. But the message is only
going to play well to the choir, and I couldn't help but think, "Now what?"
The site seems silent on that. It will be interesting to see how the
comments go--will it be just another Tower of Babel, or will it actually
move the ball down the field, as it were? Are the authors committed to any
kind of disciplined exchange with commenters or will the "participants" be
left to see-saw their opinions amongst themselves and indulge in preening
chit-chat as so many (most, nearly all--where are the exceptions?) similar
sites end up? Is this the end of the authors' commitment or just the
beginning? Do they realize what such a commitment entails?
It will be interesting to follow it's progress and/or its demise. I'd like
to see that graphed on the site.
It's a start, but it will have to grow, and grow up fast if it is to have
any real impact.
Again, I hope I'm wrong.
WT
"Edit, edit, edit." (apologies to Frederick Douglass)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Caves" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 12:02 PM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Generation Anthropocene Podcast
Hi all,
I think some of you may find this of interest. Two students here in the
Stanford School of Earth Sciences have started a weekly podcast about the
Anthropocene. Grist has picked up the podcast and is going to start
running it on a weekly basis. It started originally as a class where
students interview faculty about the Anthropocene, from a social,
scientific, economic, and moral perspective.
Check it out!
http://www.stanford.edu/group/anthropocene/cgi-bin/wordpress/
Jeremy
Jeremy Caves
PhD Student
Environmental Earth System Science
Stanford University
http://pangea.stanford.edu/people/type/jeremy-caves
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