Joint Workshop of the Heidelberg Centre for Apocalyptic and Postapocalyptic Studies and the Joint Center “Worldmaking from a Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China”
This workshop provides an opportunity for fellows of both centers to get to know each other and to present ongoing research for feedback and suggestions. Read the report
Venue:
CAPAS Conference Room, Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies [in the Mathematikon], Berliner Straße 43, 69120 Heidelberg
Organization:
Rolf Scheuermann (CAPAS): rolf.scheuermann[at]capas.uni-heidelberg.de
Matthias Schumann (Worldmaking): matthias.schumann[at]zo.uni-heidelberg.de
Program:
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Introduction of CAPAS/Worldmaking and the Fellows Barbara Mittler (Worldmaking) & Robert Folger (CAPAS) |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Panel 1: Catastrophic Diseases Chair: Rolf Scheuermann |
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Chen Hao (Peking University/Worldmaking Fellow) Non-human Animals in a Human Pandemic: Entangled Histories |
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Patricia Murrieta-Flores (Lancaster University/CAPAS Fellow) Mesoamerican Apocalypse: A Large Scale Analysis of the Indigenous Perspective on the Sixteenth-Century Epidemics of Colonial Mexico |
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| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Panel 2: Outer Space Chair: Matthias Schumann |
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Richard Wilman (University of Durham/CAPAS Fellow) Apocalyptic CosmicThreats and our Post-Apocalyptic Future in Space |
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Pan Shaw-yu (National Taiwan University/Worldmaking Fellow) Colonizing the Stars: Malthusian Theory of Population and Imperial Imagination in Late Qing Science Fiction |
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14:30 - 15:30 |
Panel 3: Observation and Narrative Chair: Rolf Scheuermann |
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Meng Xia (University of New South Wales/Worldmaking Fellow) Drone in Covid Times: Urban Wasteland and Post-apocalyptic Revelation |
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Mia Bennett (University of Washington/CAPAS Fellow) Chinese Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Earth Observation: From Sight to Foresight |