James Westcott

Freelance; lecturer, Technical University of Delft

James Westcott is a writer and editor living in Rotterdam. He teaches a seminar on the anthropocene at the Technical University of Delft, and is the author of When Marina Abramović Dies: A Biography (MIT Press, 2010).

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Deep time

Written in stone

In the race for geology’s highest accolade – a ‘golden spike’ – do advocates of the Anthropocene sell their ideas short?

James Westcott