O’Connell Initiative: Talk with Gabrielle Hecht

Come hear Dr. Gabrielle Hecht, Professor of History and Frank Stanton Foundation Professor of Nuclear Security, Stanford University, give a talk entitled “Residual Governance, or How African Anthropocenes Foretell Planetary Futures.” This talk examines mine waste in South Africa, suggesting that African Anthropocenes prefigure planetary futures. These futures are configured by residual governance: governance of residues, governance as afterthought, and governance that makes people and places residual. A reception will follow.