Hamtramck Public Library issued the following announcement on Oct. 8.
Join environmental philosopher Melanie Challenger this Wednesday, Oct 13, for a virtual exploration of what it means to be a modern human animal. Stream begins 5pm.
Details:
How to Be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human, by environmental philosopher Melanie Challenger, takes a new approach on the story of what it means to be human and argues that at the heart of our psychology is a profound struggle with being animal. Challenger examines how technology influences our sense of our own animal nature and our relationship with other species with whom we share this fragile planet.
In a conversation with Briana Pobiner, paleoanthropologist and educator at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Challenger will explore the wide-ranging ways this mindset affects our lives, tracing it from the origins of Homo sapiens through the age of the Internet, and on to futures of AI and human–machine interface.
This program will be presented as a Zoom video webinar. A link will be emailed to all registrants.
About the Author:
Melanie Challenger works as a researcher on the history of humanity and the natural world, and on environmental philosophy. She is the author of On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature. She received a Darwin Now Award for her research among Canadian Inuit and the Arts Council International Fellowship with the British Antarctic Survey for her work on the history of whaling. She lives with her family in England.
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