Stories for the Symbiocene: Three Gifts of Fiction at the Time of Climate Emergency

Dzień 1. 21 Maja 13:00 – 13:20 

Narrative fiction is an underappreciated tool for seeding ideas about transformational change. Stories are the oldest human technology for shaping beliefs, emotions and attitudes that inform our responses to real-life situations. Stories are also spaces where the symbiocene can be imagined and its aspects explored. This presentation will consider three gifts of fiction for activating the symbiotic imagination: insight (into the present moment), metaphors (to think with) and agency (to envision ourselves as part of a larger living whole).