Critiquing, mining and engaging Anthropocene science

Abstract

Among the many demands that the Anthropocene places on us is a demand to engage seriously with science. Noel Castree’s bold call to human geographers to engage with the scientific ‘Anthroposcene’ implicitly requires that we revisit and refine our intellectual stance towards science in the contemporary era. In its various guises, Anthropocene science is both a ready target for critique and a valuable resource for progressive scholarship. The resultant ambiguities mean that above all it requires genuine engagement of the sort Castree envisages: critical but interested, sceptical but open.