[SydPhil] Reminder Tonight's 'Inner West Council Philosophy Talk', Matthew Kearnes (UNSW): “A Crisis of Expertise? Science, Environment and Democracy”, Tonight, 6:30pm-7:45pm, Leichhardt Library.

[Simon Lumsden]

Details of tonight’s “Inner West Council Philosophy Talk"

Title: “A Crisis of Expertise? Science, Environment and Democracy”

Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Matthew Kearnes, ARC Future Fellow, Environmental Humanities (UNSW)

Abstract:
A central problem for democracies is the accommodation of competing forms of authority: how to square scientific expertise, on the one hand, and popular representation, on the other. This discussion explores the ways in which the authority of expertise is increasingly questioned by both populist and progressive social and political movements. Focusing on environmental policy, it explores how we might establish more plural and diverse forms of democratic participation that extend beyond the formal processes of democratic representation.


Tonight
6:30pm - 7:45pm
Leichhardt Library (Piazza Level - Italian Forum, 23 Norton St, Leichhardt)
Free event - All welcome - Light refreshments provided
Bookings online or call 9367 9266

Full details as well as registration for the event are available from this link: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ByfvCROAQotVXlnwF9vDOc?domain=eventbrite.com.au

If the event booking says that it is fully booked please still attend as many people who register do not show up on the night.

Upcoming talks:
November 8, Dalia Nassar (Sydney) "German Romanticism"

Simon Lumsden
(Inner West Council philosophy talks program coordinator)


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