Summertime: In conversation with Danielle Celermajer
Contemplating the value of storytelling in the face of the climate catastrophe.
April 18, 2021
In the face of disaster, we have a tendency to shield ourselves from the bitter truth. But Danielle Celermajer’s
Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future expresses an emotional plea to bear witness to the climate catastrophe that continues to unfold before our eyes. Dany is a philosopher, and professor of sociology and social policy at the University of Sydney, who lives in a multispecies justice community in rural New South Wales. These influences meet in the sharing of her personal experiences during the Black Summer of 2019-2020 – stories of anguish and mourning that are not only deeply moving, but profoundly relevant.