15 September 2023
What Happens Next?
Can Art Help Our Climate Anxiety? | 85

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In the third episode of our exploration of climate anxiety, host Dr Susan Carland explores the shared experience of climate anxiety and how art can be used to reach the core of human emotions. Our expert guests create and study music and fiction that can evoke empathy and foster a sense of community among audiences who may be grappling with climate anxiety.

Dr Anna McMichael and Dr Louise Devenish, from Monash University's Sir Zelman Cowan School of Music and Performing Arts, introduce “Climate Notes”. This unique project combines letters from climate scientists and ordinary people, which discuss how climate change makes them feel, with original musical compositions. These “musical letters” provide a moving outlet for expressing the emotional and psychological impacts of climate change.

The episode also features literary scholar Professor Adeline Johns-Putra, head of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Monash University Malaysia, who specialises in climate fiction, or “cli-fi.” Climate fiction includes novels, stories, and films that grapple with the impact of climate change on our world. These narratives can serve as a powerful tool for processing the emotional toll of climate anxiety, offering readers a chance to explore various perspectives on climate change and its consequences, fostering empathy and awareness.

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Learn more:
“What Happens Next?”: The Impact of Art
Hitting the right notes on climate change
Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the 'new abnormal', study warns
Adeline Johns-Putra re-imagines our future with cli-fi - Alumni

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15 September 2023 What Happens Next? Can Art Help Our Climate Anxiety? | 85
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New this season: <a href="https://youtube.com/@MonashUniversity">Subscribe to Monash’s YouTube channel</a> to watch the video version of each full episode.
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In the third episode of our exploration of climate anxiety, host Dr Susan Carland explores the shared experience of climate anxiety and how art can be used to reach the core of human emotions. Our expert guests create and study music and fiction that can evoke empathy and foster a sense of community among audiences who may be grappling with climate anxiety.
<a href="https://lens.monash.edu/@anna-mcmichael?utm_campaign=MLENS_ART&amp;utm_source=omny_studio&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=McMichael_website_sep_australia">Dr Anna McMichael</a> and <a href="https://lens.monash.edu/@louise-devenish?utm_campaign=MLENS_ART&amp;utm_source=omny_studio&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=Devenish_website_sep_australia">Dr Louise Devenish</a>, from Monash University's Sir Zelman Cowan School of Music and Performing Arts, introduce “Climate Notes”. This unique project combines letters from climate scientists and ordinary people, which discuss how climate change makes them feel, with original musical compositions. These “musical letters” provide a moving outlet for expressing the emotional and psychological impacts of climate change.
The episode also features literary scholar <a href="https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/adeline-grace-johns-putra?utm_campaign=RESCH_ART&amp;utm_source=omny_studio&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=Johns-Putra_website_sep_australia">Professor Adeline Johns-Putra</a>, head of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Monash University Malaysia, who specialises in climate fiction, or “cli-fi.” Climate fiction includes novels, stories, and films that grapple with the impact of climate change on our world. These narratives can serve as a powerful tool for processing the emotional toll of climate anxiety, offering readers a chance to explore various perspectives on climate change and its consequences, fostering empathy and awareness.
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<a href="https://lens.monash.edu/@what-happens-next/2023/09/15/1386139/climate-anxiety-art?utm_campaign=WHNPD_BRA&amp;utm_source=omny_studio&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=S8E85_podcast_sep_australia">A full transcript of this episode is available on Monash Lens.</a>
Learn more:
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://lens.monash.edu/@what-happens-next/2020/05/15/1380423/whnpodcast-impact-of-art-s2-part1?utm_campaign=WHNPD_BRA&amp;utm_source=omny_studio&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=S2E13_podcast_sep_australia">“What Happens Next?”: The Impact of Art</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2022/09/09/1385049/hitting-the-right-notes-on-climate-change?utm_campaign=MLENS_ART&amp;utm_source=omny_studio&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=ClimateNotes_article_sep_australia">Hitting the right notes on climate change</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://lens.monash.edu/2023/09/14/1386133/devastatingly-low-antarctic-sea-ice-may-be-the-new-abnormal-study-warns?utm_campaign=MLENS_SCI&amp;utm_source=omny_studio&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=AntarcticIce_article_sep_australia">Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the 'new abnormal', study warns</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.monash.edu/alumni/community/monash-life/2021/adeline-johns-putra-re-imagines-our-future-with-cli-fi?utm_campaign=MLIFE_ERD&amp;utm_source=omny_studio&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=Cli-fi_article_sep_australia">Adeline Johns-Putra re-imagines our future with cli-fi - Alumni</a> </li>
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The Handmaid’s Tale. Brave New World. Mad Max. Fictional dystopias have never seemed so close to becoming reality. Is it too late to change our course?

What Happens Next?, a podcast from Monash University, examines some of the biggest challenges facing our world and asks the experts, what will happen if we don't change? And what can we do to create a better future? Learn from leaders, listen to the people making a difference, and discover how you can help drive change.

The Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale. Brave New World. Mad Max. Fictional dystopias have never seemed so close to becoming reality. Is it too late to change our course?
What Happens Next?, a podcast from Monash University, examines some of the biggest challenges facing our world and asks the experts, what will happen if we don't change? And what can we do to create a better future? Learn from leaders, listen to the people making a difference, and discover how you can help drive change.

What Happens Next?, a podcast from Monash University, examines some of the biggest challenges facing our world and asks the experts, what will happen if we don't change? And what can we do to create a better future?

What Happens Next?

Fictional dystopias have never seemed so close to becoming reality. Is it too late to change our course? On Monash University's podcast, academic and commentator Dr Susan Carland steps through the sliding doors with global experts and thought leaders to find out what could happen if we don’t change – and what the world could look like if we do. To learn more, visit lens.monash.edu.

Fictional dystopias have never seemed so close to becoming reality. Is it too late to change our course? On Monash University's podcast, academic and commentator Dr Susan Carland steps through the sliding doors with global experts and thought leaders to find out what could happen if we don’t change – and what the world could look like if we do. To learn more, visit <a href="https://lens.monash.edu/@what-happens-next">lens.monash.edu.</a>

Discover how music, fiction and other creative works can offer solace and foster empathy amidst the complexities of climate change.

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