How do different social and political assumptions behind any understanding of planetary boundaries affect the possibilities for understanding each other, the measurability of the planet at multiple scales, and the possibility of agreeing on and implementing effective countermeasures?
Last October I had the pleasure of participating in Where is the Planetary? at Haus der Kulturen der Welt. In an experimental setting designed by artist Koki Tanaka, scientists, scholars, and artists shared perspectives on planetary practice: from zooming out to the cosmic, grounding back to our geological Earth and personal biographies, to exploring the ethics of repair and care and the vision of a second primordial soup for planetary survival.
The rich weekend of discussions lives on in a series of videos by Koki Tanaka, which are available to watch here and begin with Day 1.
On Day 2 our group tackled questions of planetary habitability through culinary cooperation, which you can watch here. The simple question of to what extent different recipes may or may not successfully combine into one opened up space to discuss a seemingly unsolvable problem: How can we foster effective planetary collaboration despite differences, antagonisms and unequal historical responsibilities?