Anthropocene in Venice


Venice is a symbol of climate change and the global environmental crisis. Venetians observe the tides surrounding them with growing concern. 15 interdisciplinary scholars take Venice as their case study to reflect on the historical unfolding of its human-natural nexus. The explorations stress the complexity of the problem as well as the possibility to gain knowledge through integrated approaches, offering an insight on the many challenges of the Anthropocene both as a concept and as a reality.


Attendance and Credentials

Attendance
FREE!
Attendance Certificate
FREE!

Category

Arts and Humanities

Training hours

42

Level

Beginner

Course Mode

Tutored

Language

English

Duration

4 weeks

Type

Online

Course Status

Upcoming

Enrollments Start

Jan 11, 2026

Course Opens

Feb 23, 2026

Tutoring Starts

Jan 11, 2026

Tutoring Stops

May 30, 2026

Soft Tutoring

May 31, 2026

Course Closes

May 30, 2026

Learning about the Anthropocene, as a concept and as a cultural debate

Become acquainted with environmental-humanities approaches to ecological problems

Develop critical approaches and one’s own positioning relative to the debates about the nature-culture nexus

Exposure to interdisciplinary scholarship

Learning how to relate a specific case–the geoanthropological history of Venice–with broader theoretical and comparative issues

A bachelor degree in humanities / social sciences / natural sciences is highly recommended to attend this course.


The course includes four teaching units divided in as many weeks. Each teaching unit will present a main topic that will be divided in its basic concepts through several videos. 

You can have the Certificate of Attendance after watching all video lectures and answering at least 7 questions out of 10 of each test correctly (you can retry each answer twice).