Can Art Make (Climate) Models Better?

Screenshot from Future Models Manual website

How do we think about climate futures ahead of us? Different actors tend to use different tools for that. The stream of weather catastrophes in the news media suggests a rather gloomy future. Some recent novels try to paint a more optimistic picture of the decades ahead (see our post on this). International climate politics, […]

Climate Change in Pop Culture Part 3: alternative and independent music

Following up on our series about climate change in pop culture (read part 1 about young adult novels and part 2 about pop songs), here are some more examples of songs dealing with the topic of climate change. This time, we focused on independent and alternative music. Climatization in pop culture Through climatization, a process […]

What would you miss the most?

Interactive visual arts project on climate change consequences During my research stay in Stellenbosch, South Africa, I came across an interesting arts project on climate change, which was installed during the cultural festival “Woordfees”. A note on the wall invites onlookers to participate: to illustrate or write about what or who they would miss the […]