Join Doug Peers, Dean of Arts, for a discussion with Faculty of Arts scholars in political science, sociology, and English to understand the real threats and possible actions for turning back the clock.
Speakers
Alexander
Lanoszka,
Political
Science
Back to the Future? Nuclear weapons modernisation and great power competition seem to make global politics more dangerous than ever. But what, if anything, is different about our current situation from what we experienced during the Cold War?
Andrew
McMurry,
English
Language
and
Literature
Everybody talks about climate change but nobody does anything about it. Why are we failing to adequately address this existential threat to the planet? It turns out that communicating the threat of climate change is as challenging as the problem itself. How do our favoured narratives and metaphors condition us to do nothing as the catastrophe unfolds?
Kate
Henne,
Sociology
and
Legal
Studies
Disruption,
Debilitation,
Doom? What
threats
do
disruptive
technologies
pose?
According
to
the
Doomsday
Clock
settings,
they
undermine
democracy
and
political
institutions.
But,
how
do
they
disrupt
other
aspects
of
everyday
life?
Looking
at
their
mundane
effects
may
tell
us
a
lot
about
risk
and
social
change.
Atom research photo licensed under Creative Commons. Doomsday Clock image credit: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.