The Anthropocene:
Urbanism, the Environment, and Sustainability
An NYUAD Research Kitchen
Projects
Amplifying the Anthropocene
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Elements
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Makan: Place and Place Making in the Anthropocene
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The Memory Garden (2021-2023)
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Participation in Abu Dhabi’s Public Space
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Gather Wood, Gather Words
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About Our Kitchen
The Anthropocene marks a transformation in the earth’s history from the Holocene to a new geological epoch characterized by human impact.
Despite its likely ratification by the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the term remains controversial, in particular with regard to potential social or political implications of the prefix—Anthopos. Some alternatives—Anglocene, Capitalocene—seek to designate more clearly human communities or forms of social organization purportedly responsible for creating the conditions that mark the onset of the new era; others, for example, Chthulucene, designate models for alternative, less destructive and less anthropocentric ways of living on earth. This proliferation of nomenclature to designate the earth’s present age confirms and reflects the transformative power of the term, and a growing recognition of the urgent need to address the current planetary crisis.
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Upcoming Events
Archived Events
Elements in Relation workshops
Elements in Relation workshops
The Elements in Relation workshops explore speculative understandings of the complex relational dynamics between humans and the planet.
Movement Workshop with Dr. Priya Srinivasan
Movement Workshop with Dr. Priya Srinivasan
Can gesture be a point of departure for experiments that cross disciplines, languages and sites? The “Gather Wood, Gather Words” group of the Anthropocene Research Kitchen invites you to explore this question with Dancer/ Scholar Priya Srinivasan. No dance experienc...
Dima Abou Zannad’s ʿāḥdūdil-baḥr (at the border of the sea)
Dima Abou Zannad’s ʿāḥdūdil-baḥr (at the border of the sea)
First-year MFA student Dima Abou Zannad’s ʿāḥdūdil-baḥr (at the border of the sea) explores the aural elements of a multispecies world in which humans makes poems and songs whose rhythmic structures echo those of the seas. Song is a structured response to the n...
Global China: Art as Performance in the Anthropocene/Capitalocene
Global China: Art as Performance in the Anthropocene/Capitalocene
In the global expansion of contemporary art, Chinese artists have adopted the embodied practices of the performance medium to engage with the human subject in response to the environmental exigencies of the Anthropocene.
Memory Garden Decentralized Exhibit
Memory Garden Decentralized Exhibit
The Memory Garden is an artistic research project cultivated within the NYU Abu Dhabi Arts & Humanities Anthropocene Research Kitchen. This decentralized exhibit presents the environmental works and works-in-progress created by the Spring 2023 Creative Cohort.
Urbanism Open House | Abu Dhabi Public Spaces, The Anthropocene Research Kitchen
Urbanism Open House | Abu Dhabi Public Spaces, The Anthropocene Research Kitchen
We invite NYUAD faculty, staff and students interested in urban issues to an inaugural and informal gathering. Our hope is to get together NYUAD faculty who teach urban and/or Abu Dhabi-related content across the disciplines. We also welcome researchers, staff and stu...
Open House | The Anthropocene: Urbanism, the Environment and Sustainability Research Kitchen
Open House | The Anthropocene: Urbanism, the Environment and Sustainability Research Kitchen
The Anthropocene marks a transformation in the earth’s history from the Holocene to a new geological epoch characterized by human impact. While mindful of the term’s semantic and conceptual limitations, our purpose is to engage directly with the Anthropocene concept...
Gender Brown Bag: Laure Assaf, Piia Mustamaki, & Samuel M. Anderson: “Urban Divisions: (Un)Intended Uses of an Abu Dhabi Park”
Gender Brown Bag: Laure Assaf, Piia Mustamaki, & Samuel M. Anderson: “Urban Divisions: (Un)Intended Uses of an Abu Dhabi Park”
Laure Assaf, Piia Mustamaki, and Samuel M. Anderson will present on "Urban Divisions: (Un)Intended Uses of an Abu Dhabi Park."
Material Matters: Experiments in the Built Environment
Material Matters: Experiments in the Built Environment
This day-long international symposium brings together key thinkers from architecture, design and the visual arts to explore how innovations in materials and design are shaping the future of our cities in a time of environmental flux. Using both site-specific research an...