Approaches to the Anthropocene: A Conversation with Philippe Descola and Bruno Latour

Dr. Philippe Descola was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Peter Wall Institute and Dr. Bruno Latour was the fall 2013 Wall Exchange lecturer, and on September 25, 2013 engaged in a discussion at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver about the concept of the “Anthropocene“. ABSTRACT: Dr. Descola and Dr. Latour are two of France’s most prominent intellectuals, redefining their respective fields of expertise by considering the place of human agency - and non-human actors - in the construction of t