Conveners
Session II: Uncertainty in the Anthropocene: Possibilities for a New Humanism in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Joost Fontein (UJ)
Description
Uncertainty In The Anthropocene: Possibilities For A New Humanism in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Prof.
Fraser Mcneill
(University of Pretoria)
03/09/2019, 10:15
Plenary
Speaker
In this paper, I explore connections between humanism, posthumanism and neoliberal constructions of difference. I ask questions about the theoretical and applied efficacy of posthumanism as a legitimate way of thinking anthropologically, and argue that, ultimately, anthropology has always been, and should remain to be, a fundamentally humanistic endeavour. I root the paper in the context of...
Dr
Hylton White
(University of the Witwatersrand)
03/09/2019, 10:30
Plenary
Speaker
In this paper, I explore connections between humanism, posthumanism and neoliberal constructions of difference. I ask questions about the theoretical and applied efficacy of posthumanism as a legitimate way of thinking anthropologically, and argue that, ultimately, anthropology has always been, and should remain to be, a fundamentally humanistic endeavour. I root the paper in the context of...
Ms
Kharnita Mohamed
(University of Cape Town)
03/09/2019, 10:45
Plenary
Speaker
Imaginaries of the human have shifted over time with, and made possible new epistemes, politics, methodologies and ethics. As each new ‘turn’ takes effect, the attempt to keep up with quests for recognition across inequalities, forms of life and worldings, can leave one feeling quite dizzy. The expansion of ontological imaginaries frequently animates the archive towards a politics for the...
Prof.
Eric Worby
(University of the Witwatersrand)
03/09/2019, 11:00
Plenary
Speaker
In a time when liberal, universalist values are apparently in regression across the globe, should anthropology abandon its flirtation with post-humanism and anti-anthropocentrism? Should it instead be vigorously reasserting its historical role in defending the qualities that distinguish the human species from others, while arguing for the universality of those qualities across members of that...
Prof.
Joost Fontein
(UJ)
03/09/2019, 11:15
Plenary
Discussion
Discussion based on the Speakers' inputs (Session II)
