Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
ICE-BLUE: TOWARD A POETICS OF SOLID WATER
A multimodal workshop on sonic and poetic icescapes of the Arctic that centers the role of the humanities in shaping Arctic imaginaries Moving across sonic, linguistic, and poetic engagements, we will open onto conversations that delve into the blue humanities. with
Evan MacCarthy (Music & Dance)
Marjorie Rubright (English)
Steve Mentz (English)
MARCH 12, 2024 | 4:00PM
A part of The Great Melt: The Arctic Frontier of the Anthropocene, this dialogue-centered workshop will feature guided listening of musical works by John Luther Adams, Tanya Tagaq, and Lei Liang, and an exploration
of the place of language in imagining human relations with ice, together with a close reading of the Inupiat poet Joan Naviyuk Kane’s recent collection of lyrical poems Dark Traffic (2021).
Invited guest, Professor Steve Mentz (St. John's University), early modern scholar and pioneer of the blue humanities, will show how we are moving “Toward a Poetics of Solid Water.”
This event is presented in association with Elements, Renaissance of the Earth, & Anthropocene Lab
For details visit: renaissanceoftheearth.com
THE GREAT MELT: THE ARCTIC FRONTIER OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
March 12 -14th 2024
MARCH 12th 4:00 - 5:30 PMKinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Ice-Blue: Toward a Poetics of Solid Water
Multimodal Workshop on sonic and poetic icescapes with Steve Mentz, an early modern scholar and a pioneer of the Blue Humanities, followed by a reception. In association with ELEMENTS and “Renaissance of the Earth”.
MARCH 13th 4:00 - 5:30 PM
South College E 470
Art and the Arctic
An art talk by artist Siobhán MacDonald, whose award-winning works respond to the climate crisis by capturing tipping points and robustly engaging with climate science.
MARCH 14th - 4 PM - 5:30 PM
Amherst Room, Campus Center
Coming to our Senses: Fire and Ice
An Environmental Humanities talk by renowned interdisciplinary scholar Anne McClintock, whose scholarship explores the intersections of militarization, war and the Anthropocene, and engages deeply with questions of race, gender, sexualities, colonialism, and globalization.
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DESIGN BUILDING ATRIUM
University of Massachusetts
March 9th, 2024
4:30– Waking Up
Eric Hofbauer / The Five Agents Jazz Ensemble
Inspired by the young climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a speech at the UN Summit for Climate Action, in which she declared, “How dare you!”
Jazz Dance performance by UMass Amherst dancers with Lauren Cox
5:30– Ripple Effects
Refections on Water in Story and Sound
Part of the multi-year arts and humanities project Elements with Evan MacCarthy and Marjorie Rubright from The Renaissance of the Earth
6:00– Landscape of Fear
Saxophone performance with Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Pantelis Lykoudis
6:30– Plant Life Recounted Here (Miya Masaoka) & In Consideration of the Earth (P. Oliveros) Musical performance by Ghost Ensemble
SPONSORS: UMass Faculty Research Grant, School of Earth and Sustainability, Renaissance of the Earth, Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies IMAGE: Glade and Ghost, by
Darren Waterston
