(Inter)facing the Anthropocene: Representing an Interdisciplinary Interaction

• DOI: 10.5250/resilience.5.1.0018
• Publication Date: 2018-01-17T14:24:41Z
• Authors: Zev Trachtenberg; Antonio J. Castro; Kiza Gates; Asa Randall; Ingo Schlupp; Lynn Soreghan; Noah Theriault; Meghan Wieters
• Keywords: Anthropocene; TRACE (psycholinguistics)

(Inter)facing the AnthropoceneRepresenting an Interdisciplinary Interaction Zev Trachtenberg (bio), Antonio J. Castro Kiza Gates Asa Randall Ingo Schlupp Lynn Soreghan Noah Theriault and Meghan Wieters (bio) Introduction Click for larger view View full resolution http://habitationanthropocene.oucreate.com This article presents a project that explored question: How shall we talk about Anthropocene? We left trace of our exploration in website: Habitation Anthropocene.1 While encourage you to explore site directly, this will discuss site’s design. In particular, try explain decisions made interface—the way readers interact with its content—for those were based on thinking how convey what had [End Page 18] say Anthropocene. describe development interface after first providing some background project. The question Anthropocene has two broad dimensions: substantive dimension sorts things should be said formal presented. These dimensions are intimately related, yet can focus each turn. Our fundamental assumption was content is interdisciplinary. Understanding proposal demands contributions from natural sciences, social humanities. well-established idea. As one us argued, “Theorizing origin character requires collaborative effort across wide range scholarly disciplines.”2 Thus, outgrowth already existing efforts by team scholars departments University Oklahoma who members Learning Community, which devoted studying idea as many perspectives possible. project, other words, anchored commitment interdisciplinary approach. group pursued goal implementing version learning. That term used quite broadly variety contexts; hence, meaning somewhat diffuse.3 stipulate specific sense built precise use studies animal behavior.4 contrasts learning case individual directly interaction environment—an learns socially when it acquires behavior observing another member species. analogous sense, facilitate interdisciplinarity. recognized needed engage work disciplines—thus, would confronted unfamiliar materials. However, did not ask ourselves learn highly diverse intellectual environment. Instead, at meetings present relevant his or her discipline, order orient disciplines concepts methods field. Any seminar, course, exercise others—but format demonstrated 19] value more term, facilitating group’s develop shared understandings subject. lent itself easily Inhabiting Anthropocene, blog launched 2014, forum could continue conversations open them wider circle participants.5 created precisely blogging form especially appropriate medium presenting kind discussions among backgrounds interests invites.6 addition, complexity makes convenience blogs offer linking multiple sources valuable.7 A central make available just described, having specialists post short articles their fields nonspecialists access disciplinary outlooks represented.8 also statements own views likewise giving scholars...