Carlos Tabernero: Darwin's Nightmares. Narratives of (un)sustainability in film

In this talk, iHC researcher Carlos Tabernero offers a historical analysis of a series of film and television narratives in which the notions of sustainability form part of the central theme, more or less explicitly, or are in some way essential, as contextual elements, for the development of the plot. These narratives are historically linked to confluences of social, political, academic, and activist imaginaries, as well as to specific historical concepts in film and television production, which have shaped our conceptualizations (past, present, and future) of nature and the environment over the last century.

Tabernero draws a critical map of the contemporary processes of constructing visual sociocultural spaces for the notions of sustainability and their influence on our conceptualizations and debates about nature and the environment.

Presents: Álvaro Girón Sierra (IMF-CSIC)

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