Paul Bogard: 'Know Darkness'
Friday 27 February
11:50 - 12:30
Paradiso, Main Hall
Paul Bogard
Our world grows ever brighter. Generally light is considered to be good, and darkness bad. But what do we lose if we banish darkness? Paul Bogard shows how the brightness endangers our environment and is bad for human health. Light pollution takes away one of the defining experiences of our culture, an experience that connects us to the world and the universe. And he argues that we should neither ignore nor avoid the metaphorical darkness; we should go outside and come face to face with darkness.
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Session 4: How the Night Changed
Friday 27 February
10:30 - 12:30
Paradiso, Main Hall
Paul Bogard & Noam M. Elcott & John Tresch
The night was once pitch dark. Nocturnal human activity was determined by darkness. The real darkness of the night informed our cultural conception of night and darkness. But the night changed during the nineteenth century