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ASLE-UKI Erosion

  • Pusse, T. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson)
  • Ashley Cahillane (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson)

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Description

The theme of the 2025 conference is Erosion – Creimeadh. (Creimeadh is the Irish word for erosion: pronounced ‘crem-oo’). Erosion is a slow, gradual type of degradation. It is hard to perceive, with its effects often only becoming visible over time through generational knowledge, art, or technology. Yet, erosion also contains the risk of suddenness, as once it reaches a certain point, disasters such as floods, mudslides, or avalanches can strike. Erosion is a salient example of Rob Nixon’s concept of “slow violence” (2011), or Timothy Morton’s concept of the “hyperobject” (2013), which express the difficulty of dealing with nonhuman scales when there are calls for action. How can literature and culture be a way to perceive, theorise, or address erosion?
Period9 Aug 2025 → 14 Aug 2025
Event typeConference
LocationGalway, IrelandShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational