Welcome to the anthropocene : the earth in our hands /

Welcome to the anthropocene : the earth in our hands /

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Imprint:	Germany : Deutsches Museum Verlag, [2015]. ©2015.
Description:	203 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Nature conservation -- Exhibitions. Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Exhibitions. Ecology -- Exhibitions. Global environmental change -- Exhibitions. Ecology. Global environmental change. Nature conservation. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10386126

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Other authors / contributors:	Möllers, Nina, editor. Schwägerl, Christian, editor. Trischler, Helmuth, editor. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, exhibitor. Deutsches Museum (Germany), exhibitor.
ISBN:	9783940396495 3940396494
Notes:	A special exhibition by the Deutsches Museum and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	The catalog accompanying the exhibition explores the concept of the Anthropocene. It looks at the complexity of human influence on the Earth and how this is reflected in urban development, mobility, energy, climate, food, nature, and global justice. In the essay section, contribution by distinguished scholars discuss the history of the concept of the Anthropocene, its characteristics and consequences, and life in the Anthropocene both today and in the future, as well as the importance of the idea for education, research, and museums. Artistic and literary contributions offer new ways of looking at the changing relationship between humans and nature. Finally,a "making of" section explains the design choices and guiding principles behind the exhibition.

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Summary:	The catalog accompanying the exhibition explores the concept of the Anthropocene. It looks at the complexity of human influence on the Earth and how this is reflected in urban development, mobility, energy, climate, food, nature, and global justice. In the essay section, contribution by distinguished scholars discuss the history of the concept of the Anthropocene, its characteristics and consequences, and life in the Anthropocene both today and in the future, as well as the importance of the idea for education, research, and museums. Artistic and literary contributions offer new ways of looking at the changing relationship between humans and nature. Finally,a "making of" section explains the design choices and guiding principles behind the exhibition.
Item Description:	A special exhibition by the Deutsches Museum and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.
Physical Description:	203 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9783940396495 3940396494