Author-Meets-Critics: Stephanie Wakefield’s “Miami in the Anthropocene: Rising Seas and Urban Resilience”
Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM
Room: 336, Level 3, Huntington Place
Type: Panel
Organizer(s):
Kevin Grove
Chair(s):
Kevin Grove,
Description:
In her newly published “Miami in the Anthropocene,” Stephanie Wakefield examines Miami as an epicenter of the urban Anthropocene and a living laboratory for adaptation to sea level rise. Using Miami as a compelling microcosm for understanding the complex interplay between urbanization and environmental upheaval in the twenty-first century, she shows how “aqua-urban futures” are being imagined for the city, from governmental scenario exercises for severe weather events to proposals to transform the city’s metropolitan area into an archipelago of islands connected by bridges. She examines the shifts reweaving the fabric of urban life and presents designs that imagine dramatic new ways of living with water. Focusing on postresilience urban designs, Wakefield illuminates the path toward a future where cities embrace opportunities for evolution rather than merely for survival.
This author-meets-critics panel brings Stephanie Wakefield together with leading scholars on urbanization and the Anthropocene to discuss her book, and alternative urban futures in the Anthropocene more broadly. Wa. Panelists include Ross Exo Adams, Hillary Angelo, Neil Brenner, Savanna Cox, and Kasia Paprocki.
Presentations:
Kevin Grove – Introduction
Hillary Angelo, Ross Exo Adams, Neil Brenner, Savannah Cox, Kasia Paprocki – Panelists
Stephanie Wakefield – Author’s Response
Audience Q&A