Experiment
The Anthropocene Project. An Encyclopedia
Science is an eternal experiment, an endless approach. Just as the letter Aleph in Jewish mythology marks the unbridgeable gap between man and God, humanity is left with their attempts to perfect creation and truth. When the Golem crumbles and other monsters occupy both fiction and reality—Frankenstein, Dracula, Aliens, epidemics, or viruses — it’s all about survival (a finite approach). In the meantime, social, ethic, aesthetic, political, and instrumental aspects interfere with research, results vary, or at least require interpretation. Never mind the refutations of the scientists themselves. What remains: set ups, experiments, experimentation. In the face of AIDS medicines, airports, internet and telephones, only cultural pessimists dare to be pessimistic. The others rather believe in trials, or try to, at least.
More information in the media section
A Matter Theater | Opening by Katrin Klingan
The Anthropocene Project. A Report | Welcome by Bernd M. Scherer – Opening
Earthbound Knowledge: A Forum 1 | Introduction: Jürgen Renn
External links for further reading
Extract from Interview with Bruno Latour on autonomous science vs politics
Anthropocene Observatory at HKW. Extract from Interview with Paul N. Edwards on computermodelling
Anthropocene Observatory im HKW. Complete program
Anthropocene Observatory at HKW, all videos
IGBP (global change geosphere, biosphere programme), multimedia
Anthropocene Curriculum & Anthropocene Campus. Complete program
