The“Taiwan in the Anthropocene Network III”Research Group: Multidisciplinary Discussions on the Impacts of Human Activity on the Climate and Environment

The“Taiwan in the Anthropocene Network III”Research Group: Multidisciplinary Discussions on the Impacts of Human Activity on the Climate and Environment

“Taiwan in the Anthropocene Network III”（TAN III）is an NSTC-funded research group. We are a relatively new cross-disciplinary community, including scholars from various fields such as Literature, Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology. Our research focuses on the multifaceted aspects of the Anthropocene, the geological period during which human activity has impacted the climate and environment. We aim to shed new light on the pressing issues of this impact on every aspect of human life. So far, we have gathered monthly this year, with two presenters leading a session. So far, we have held six sessions on particular themes: I. The Positionality of Taiwan in the Anthropocene; II. The Multispecies Connection and Interspecies Intimacy; III. The Indigeneity and the Alternative Modernities; IV. Resource Extraction; V. Apocalyptic imagination; VI. Trans-species Imagination in Asia.