{"id":239,"date":"2026-07-02T19:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/humanities-for-the-environment\/?post_type=project&#038;p=239"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:42:28","slug":"anthropocene-project","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/humanities-for-the-environment\/?project=anthropocene-project","title":{"rendered":"Anthropocene Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"unityblocks-hero\" class=\"wp-block-unityblocks-hero hide-content\" data-herotype=\"heading-hero\" data-image=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/humanities-for-the-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/07\/2025-Anthropocene-66-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;altText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[],&quot;size&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;}\" data-subtitle=\"{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;highlightColor&quot;:&quot;white&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[]}\" data-title=\"{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Anthropocene Project &quot;,&quot;highlightColor&quot;:&quot;gold&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[]}\" data-contents=\"[{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[],&quot;highlightColor&quot;:&quot;white&quot;}]\" data-contentscolor=\"white\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 pt-6 pt-xl-12\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row justify-content-between\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 order-2 order-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-0\" id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This high-impact original devised physical theatre piece was created over four years of development. Rachel Bowditch (project director) and Karen Jean Martinson (project dramaturg) facilitated a series of devising labs, collaborating with a team of dozens of artists and students. <em>Anthropocene<\/em>&nbsp;seeks to ring the alarm bells about the climate crisis, making visible how the acceleration of our consumption had led us to our current unsustainable situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Climate change is inextricably linked with neoliberal capitalism, globalization, advertising and commodification, industrialization, extraction economies, and the historical legacies of colonization, enslavement, and the racial- and gender-based oppressions that justify these systems. Capitalism and its attendant scarcity mindset cannot save us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need to tell a new story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By using a performance vocabulary that resists anthropocentrism and its resultant hierarchies, the performance emphasizes how we are out of balance with ourselves, each other, and the earth. Rooted in deep dramaturgical research, <em>Anthropocene<\/em>&nbsp;tackles the climate crisis using non-traditional and non-linear storytelling approaches that emphasize the need for structural change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"uds-button \">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anthropoceneproject.com\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon \" data-ga=\"Visit the site\" data-ga-name=\"onclick\" data-ga-event=\"link\" data-ga-action=\"click\" data-ga-type=\"external link\" data-ga-region=\"main content\" data-ga-section=\"button\" data-component=\"button\"    >Visit the site <\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 order-1 order-md-2 mb-6 mb-md-0\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border has-gray-7-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-42bcd829 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-2);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-2);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-2);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-2)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore this project<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#summary\">Summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#personnel\">Personnel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#funding\">Funding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#timeline\">Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"personnel\">Personnel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uds-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/970076\">Rachel Bowditch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/3344983\">Karen Jean Martinson <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seize the Moment (ASU Humanities Lab and Leonardo Journal of Art + Science)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Institute for Humanities Research (now HI) and Herberger Seed Grant (HIRBI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts Dean\u2019s Creative Council&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIX Center Director\u2019s Research Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create the Change FY 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create the Change FY 2025-2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNESCO Bridges Flagship Hub Seed Grant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more funding information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asufoundation.org\/changing-futures\/reshape-our-relationship-with-the-planet\/anthropocene-project-CA126752.html\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 mb-6 mb-xl-8\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"timeline\">Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ongoing <\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthropocene is a high-impact, original physical theatre piece developed over four years through collaborative devising labs led by Rachel Bowditch and Karen Jean Martinson, involving dozens of artists and students. 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