Artwork by Tone Bjordam
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Climate change is a relationship crisis that is inherently about how we relate to ourselves; to each other, to the environment, and to the future. Quantum social science challenges the assumption that we are separate, instead seeing all things as fundamentally entangled, both through physical processes and through emotions, stories, and meaning-making.
Adopting such a perspective offers us an opportunity to change the way that we engage with each of these relationships and to recognize that we actually do have the capacity to change global systems. Whether it is climate change, the coronavirus, the economy, mental health, or migration, by addressing the common thread, we may solve many problems at once. Our relationships are not trivial, and we are not trivial.
Join Karen O'Brien and guests, quantum physicist Shohini Ghose and surfer and marine social scientist Easkey Britton, to explore the nature of relationships in quantum systems and whether addressing the problems in the relationships underlying climate change would address other global crises.
The webinar is free and open to all (registration required).
Register by midnight on the 2nd December 2020 using the registration link above. The Zoom link will be sent out on the day of the webinar.
Speakers:
Karen O’Brien, Professor Human Geography, University of Oslo and co-founder of cCHANGE
Dr Easkey Britton, surfer and marine social scientist, specialising in ocean and human health
Shohini Ghose, Professor of Physics and Computer Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada