Gaia 2.0 według Bruno Latoura
Gaia 2.0 according to Bruno Latour

Author(s): Marek Konarzewski
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Actor-Network Theory; Gaia Hypothesis; Bruno Latour; interdisciplinarity
Summary/Abstract: Bruno Latour is one of the most influential social scientists shaping perception of natural sciences among non-natural scientists. Yet, his views remain largely unknown to natural scientists. Conversely, scientific intricacies of the Gaia hypothesis, in particular its recent version dubbed Gaia 2.0, developed by Bruno Latour and Timothy Lenton, are unfamiliar to humanists and social scientists. Here I briefly present Latour’s ideas, chiefly the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to natural scientists, and foundations of the Gaia hypothesis to nonspecialists. I then discuss the relevance and usefulness of the ANT and Gaia 2.0 in addressing global challenges, primarily climate change, through interdisciplinary collaboration of science, social science and humanities.

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