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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks for attending this conversation between Amitav Ghosh and Ashish Kothari. Here is the recording link: <span style="color: #ba372a;"><a style="color: #ba372a;" href="https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction_webinars:04#recording" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction_webinars:04#recording</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Please also note that our next webinar is happening on the 11th of June, 1 pm GMT! Details will soon be circulated. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">In solidarity, </span></p>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2024-05-07 12:46, Global Tapestry of Alternatives wrote:</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please join us for this webinar happening this Saturday! </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p id="v1reply-intro">On 2024-04-22 12:54, Global Tapestry of Alternatives wrote:</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our last three sessions have discussed climate change fiction’s speculative capacities, examined imaginative responses to the alienation between humans and nature through these areas of speculative fiction, and discussed the anthology Ecoceanic: Southern Flows in this context. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this session, Ashish Kothari of Kalpavriksh and the Global Tapestry of Alternatives will be conversing with Amitav Ghosh, celebrated author, about issues such as:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- What is the range and scope of climate fiction from and on South Asia? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- What is its potential for influencing actual action on the climate crisis? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- In the writing of books like The Hungry Tide and Gun Island, what were your main motivations - stimulating and entertaining readers, getting them to think about climate, conservation, justice issues, or something altogether different? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- What are your thoughts on climate fiction such as 'Ministry for the Future'?</span></p>
<p><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #ba372a;">About the panelists:</span> </span></strong></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Amitav Ghosh:</strong> Born in Kolkata in 1956, Ghosh studied social anthropology at Oxford and divides his time between India and the United States. He has produced a vast body of work, made up of both historical novels and journalistic essays that carry the reader across continents and oceans. Each work is grounded in thorough archival research and succeeds in transcending boundaries and time periods with literary eloquence. Ghosh makes major themes such as migration, diaspora, and cultural identity tangible without ever losing sight of the human dimension.</span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Ashish Kothari:</strong> A founder-member of Indian environmental group Kalpavriksh. He has (co)authored or (co)edited over 30 books, and helps coordinate the Vikalp Sangam and Ecological Democracy processes. He is also part of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives Facilitation team. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Date:</strong> 11th May 2024</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Time:</strong> 1:30 pm GMT/ 7 pm IST</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please find here the link to join the webinar:<span style="color: #ba372a;"> <a style="color: #ba372a;" href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87032082801" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87032082801</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #ba372a;"><span style="color: #000000;">Please find here the webpage with all the details: </span><a style="color: #ba372a;" href="https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction_webinars:04" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction_webinars:04</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #ba372a;"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please find here the link to past webinars' recordings: <span style="color: #ba372a;"><a style="color: #ba372a;" href="https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction_webinars:index" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction_webinars:index</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We hope to see you there! </span></p>
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