Panel Proposed at the 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference “Reclaiming the Commons”

July 9-12, 2023 in Portland Oregon

What kind of intellectual commons can digital methods create for scholars, activists, and artists in the environmental humanities? How might these methods allow environmental humanists to reach new publics? What factors limit the composition of those digital publics?

Environmental humanists commonly assert that public engagement is crucial to the success of our interdisciplinary field. Yet the presence and composition of this public cannot be assumed. As Hannes Bargthaller …