Project events
Public lecture: Thursday 7 September 2017
Jackson Lear, Rutgers University: 'The Return of Animal Spirits: Toward a Vitalist Narrative of Environmental Risk'
Venue: Seminar Room 9, University of Liverpool in London, 33 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AG
Time: 6-7.30pm
Workshop 1: Historical Narratives - Friday 31 March 2017
Hemsley B7, University Park
This workshop examined the development of concepts of FLF in narratives of environmental risk, noting how the characteristics of these concepts (if not these concepts themselves) may emerge in different temporal and spatial contexts.
See our video of Workshop 1:
Workshop 2: Political Narratives - Friday 7 July 2017
Hemsley B7, University Park
The second workshop explored how a more thorough understanding of the role of the concepts of FLF in narratives of environmental risk (past and present) may be used to develop novel policy responses.
Workshop 3: Popular Narratives - Friday 8 September 2017
Venue: Seminar Room 9, University of Liverpool in London, 33 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AG
Time: 10am-5.30pm
The final workshop investigated whether and how conceptualisations of FLF remain powerful in current as well as historical popular discourses concerned with environmental risks (eg, how they engage with different cultures of blame to shape perceptions of agency).