Anthropocene Commons

The Anthropocene Commons is a network of researchers, educators, activists, artists, and scientists from all over the world working on the Anthropocene. By commoning their skills, knowledge, and resources, the community imagines and explores practices of transformative pedagogies and collective action.

The network collaboratively imagines and practices transformative modes of teaching for the planetary emergency. Commoning here not only means creating shared spaces but also turning institutions inside-out to make research available to frontline communities and collaboratively creating pedagogies with and for diverse perspectives.

The Anthropocene Commons grew out of the Anthropocene Curriculum initiated in 2013 by Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) as part of The Anthropocene Project. The initiative expanded into a collaborative network spanning the globe, reflecting on the ways communities around the world understand and respond to the Anthropocene. The 10-year Anthropocene project has been a decisive impetus for the founding of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena. The institute is a member of the Anthropocene Commons and is committed to supporting its pedagogies of action, research and shared spaces. 

Find out more about the Anthropocene Commons here: https://anthropocene-commons.org/about