PARSONS PARIS COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE + A LECTURE BY BRUNO LATOUR

PARSONS PARIS COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE + A LECTURE BY BRUNO LATOUR

HJ6A0682-SMLDean Susan Taylor-Leduc introduces Bruno Latour.

HJ6A0760-SMLParsons Paris kicked off its involvement in the conversation around climate change with a lecture called “Paris Climat 2015: Make it Work”.* Bruno Latour is internationally recognized for his research and advocacy in the fields of philosophy, history, sociology and anthropology of science.  Latour’s landmark worksReassembling the Social, an Introduction to Actor Network Theory and We Have Never Been Modern has inspired designers and design theorists to consider new ways of thinking about the interface of society and technology.

HJ6A0768-SMLIn collaboration with SPEAP (Sciences Po Programme d’expérimentation en arts et politique) and Paris Climat 2015: Make It Work together we will explore how designers and artists can participate in the discussions around climate change and issues of sustainability facing us today. SPEAP and Parsons Paris students will participate in a workshop the week of February 23rd imagining an alternative climate conference to the COP21 format. The workshop will experiment with new forms of representation where nations will be replaced by territories or the “forest” to debate climate change. The workshop will culminate in a simulated conference in May 2016. Stay tuned for more information.


Watch Bruno Latour’s lecture at Parsons Paris.

Read about the The New School’s initiative to divest in fossil fuel stock in The New York Times.