Environmental Humanities
Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?
January 1, 2019 - June 13, 2019
| Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Level 2
"Do I dare -
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time -
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse." — J. Alfred Prufrock
The environmental humanities break down conceptual barriers between academic disciplines to study the interplay between humankind and the natural world. Blending scientific knowledge with humanistic inquiry, we come to comprehend the millennia of human impact on the Earth and its attendant effects on humanity. This interdisciplinary understanding can empower us to create sustainable, empathetic, and equitable responses to present-day environmental challenges.
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Exhibit title from T. S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915)
Atlanta heavy metal band Mastodon developed a 2004 concept album entitled Leviathan inspired by Herman Melville’s 1851 tome on humanity and nature, Moby Dick.
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