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UID:pretalx-wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026-XTMSCL@pretalx.com
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DESCRIPTION:Anthropocene history is as different from Holocene history as t
 he Anthropocene Earth System is from the Holocene Earth System. The framew
 ork of World History straddles them both\, positioning itself to answer th
 e two big questions posed by Anthropocene history: (1) how did globally ne
 tworked human systems come to overwhelm the Earth System in the middle of 
 the 20th century? and (2) can our understanding of the past help us tackle
  current challenges? This panel tackles these questions through the lenses
  of population\, energy\, waste\, and multispecies relations in Korea. Sou
 th Korea's emergence as a prosperous modern nation from the international 
 war (1950-53) at the beginning of the Cold War and its aftermath underscor
 es the ironies of the Anthropocene. The postwar "great escape" from povert
 y and ill health described by economist Angus Deaton has been paralleled b
 y the increased socioeconomic inequality and planetary boundary overshoot 
 that came with the “Great Acceleration”. How to reconcile the imperati
 ves of decency\, democracy and resilience with the limits to growth is a c
 hallenge keenly felt in Korea as it is in the world writ large.
DTSTAMP:20260412T123931Z
LOCATION:Room 204 PC Desk (Seats 30)
SUMMARY:The Anthropocene and World History in Korea - Buhm Soon Park\, Mins
 eo Cho\, Hanah Sung\, Jaeyoung Ha\, Jihye Kim
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/XTMSCL/
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