The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues

The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues


Ecoambiguity: Asia and the Environmental Humanities

September 17, 2014

Karen Thornber, professor, Harvard University.

This talk examines East Asian writing on environmental degradation, introducing the concept of ecoambiguity (environmental ambiguity) to highlight the contradictions in human behaviors vis-a-vis the nonhuman.

This event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Department East Asian Studies.