Local and Historical Knowledge: Keys for Rethinking Contemporary Planetary Issues

How can local and historical knowledge contribute to rethinking current, planetary issues?At this event, four excellent young scholars from the Nordic countries are invited to reflect upon how the local knowledge they have encountered and the different geographical and historical spaces that they have conducted research within may inspire critical and ethico-politico approaches to tackle some of the great planetary problems we face in our time. PROGRAMME Opening remarks  Eco-Dependent: The Bible on Humans and Nature  by Associate Professor Frederik Poulsen, University of Copenhagen  To Travel or Not to Travel? Ancient Perspectives on Human Mobility by Professor Elisa Uusimäki, University of Aarhus  Lessons from Historical and Local Arctic Indigenous Perspectives by Assistant Professor Aviâja Lyberth Hauptmann, Ilisimatusarfik, Grønlands Universitet, Nuuk  A Humanist Perspective on the Anthropocene: How Fiction Might Inform our Attitude Towards Climate Change    by Associate professor Simona Zetterberg-Nielsen, University of Aarhus Panel discussion with the speakers and Q&A The event is chaired by Professor Dorthe Staunæs, University of Aarhus