Reading Group: Geology, Race, Gender
Faculty, students and community members are invited to join the Institute for Humanities Research for a conversation on the intersection of geology, geography, race and gender, the focus of Kathryn Yusoff's primary research.
This reading group is in preparation for Yusoff's public lecture "Geologies of Race: unearthing the ground of the human."
Readings
Preface and Introduction, "Black Shoals," by Tiffany King
“Unparalleled Catastrophe for Our Species? Or, to Give Humanness a Different Future,” by Sylvia Wynter
“Geologic Realism,” by Kathryn Yusoff
“Queer Coal,” by Kathryn Yusoff
“Queer Fire: Ecology, Combustion and Pyrosexual Desire," by Nigel Clark and Kathryn Yusoff
These readings will be emailed to participants of the reading group within 2-3 business days of the participant's ticket order. They will be sent to the email that the participant used in the ticketing process.
About Kathryn Yusoff
Kathryn Yusoff is a professor of inhuman geography at Queen Mary University of London. She works on questions of subjectivity and materiality in the context of dynamic earth events. She has recently completed a book entitled, "A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None" (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) that addresses the raciality of matter in the geologic grammars of the Anthropocene. Currently, she is finishing another book on “Geologic Life” about the politics of nonlife and the historical geologies of race.
Yusoff is the IHR's 2020 Distinguished Lecturer. A major university and community event, the annual Distinguished Lecturer program brings to campus a prominent humanities scholar whose work highlights the importance of humanities research. While on campus, speakers discuss humanities trends and participate in informal sessions, allowing ASU colleagues and students to share related research interests.
Parking
The closest parking options are the visitor parking in Lot 44 and the Rural Road parking structure.
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