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American Studies Program Spring 2023 Colloquium
Event Title: Against the Ecofascist Creep

Abstract: Sometimes we wish we could solve the world’s problems with a *snap* of our fingers, even though we know it’s never that simple. Indeed, the arch-villain in Marvel's Cinematic Universe, Thanos, wanted to snap away half of the universe to leave resources for the rest, a seemingly simple solution typical of the logic of ecofascism. Against the Ecofascist Creep is a web zine and teaching resource designed to expose and debunk six “everyday ecofascist myths” that circulate in a variety of media. To counteract climate nihilism, the zine offers researched, concise essays that address the structural conditions of environmental crisis and injustice. In this roundtable, the five interdisciplinary creators of the resource will discuss its content, scope, goals, and inception, and creation as a collaborative work of public scholarship.

Panelists:

April Anson - Assistant Professor of Public Humanities and core faculty for the Institute for Ethics and Public Policy, and affiliate faculty in American Indian Studies, San Diego State University

Cassie Galentine - doctoral candidate in English, University of Oregon

Shane Hall - Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Salisbury University

Alex Menrisky - Assistant Professor of English and affiliate faculty in American Studies, University of Connecticut

Speaker and Moderator: Bruno Seraphin - doctoral candidate in sociocultural Anthropology with a graduate minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Cornell University

Moderator and host: Chloe Ahman - Assistant Professor of Anthropology and affiliate faculty in American Studies, Cornell University

This panel event is sponsored by the American Studies Program, Anthropology, and the Society for the Humanities