Gabrielle Hecht: Residual Governance, or How African Anthropocenes Foretell Planetary Futures
Professor of Nuclear Security at Stanford University
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Time
7:30 p.m.
Location
H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
Description
Gabrielle Hecht's talk examines mine waste in South Africa, suggesting that African Anthropocenes prefigure planetary futures. These futures are configured by residual governance: governance of residues, governance as afterthought, and governance that makes people and places residual.
Professor Hecht is affilliated with the Dept. of History and the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford.
Professor Hecht is affilliated with the Dept. of History and the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford.
Cost
Free
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