Ecological Entanglements in the Anthropocene (eBook)

Nicholas Holm, Sy Taffel (Herausgeber)

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2016
276 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3570-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Ecological Entanglement in the Anthropocene brings together academics, activists, and artists to explore how human and nonhuman worlds act upon and transform one another. This book examines how numerous local practices can productively gesture to actions that exceed the current predictions of impending ecological destruction, with a particular focus upon agriculture, indigeneity and aesthetics.

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This edited collection explores the relationships between humans and nature at a time when the traditional sense of separation between human cultures and a natural wilderness is being eroded. The 'Anthropocene,' whose literal translation is the 'Age of Man,' is one way of marking these planetary changes to the Earth system. Global climate change and rising sea levels are two prominent examples of how nature can no longer be simply thought of as something outside and removed from humans (and vice versa). This collection applies the concepts of ecology and entanglement to address pressing political, social, and cultural issues surrounding human relationships with the nonhuman world in terms of 'working with nature.' It asks, are there more or less preferable ways of working with nature? What forms and practices might this work take and how do we distinguish between them? Is the idea of 'nature' even sufficient to approach such questions, or do we need to reconsider using the term nature in favour of terms such as environments, ecologies or the broad notion of the non-human world? How might we forge perspectives and enact practices which build resilience and community across species and spaces, constructing relationships with nonhumans which go beyond discourses of pollution, degradation and destruction? Bringing together a range of contributors from across multiple academic disciplines, activists and artists, this book examines how these questions might help us understand and assess the different ways in which humans transform, engage and interact with the nonhuman world.

Autor

Nicholas Holm is lecturer of media studies at Massey University.Sy Taffel is lecturer of media studies at Massey University.

Inhalt

- Sy Taffel and Nicholas HolmChapter Two – Consider the Lawnmower: Aesthetics, Politics and Entanglements of Suburban Nature – Nicholas Holm– Charles DawsonFrom Wai 262 to Water: Towards Postcolonial Property Right in Aotearoa New Zealand – Jacob Otter Other Side of the Blade – Victoria Grieves– Anne O’BrienChapter Eight – In Different Voices: Engaging with Human-Non-Human Entanglements – Sita Venkateswar Photographic Reflections on Landscape Change in Regional Australia – Christopher Orchard and James HolcombChapter Eleven – Mediating the ‘Deep’: Media Work with Oceans and Seas – Gareth Stanton – David Orchard and Peter Orchard – Sy Taffel

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.12.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Co-Autor: Octavia Cade, Jacob Otter, Gareth Stanton, Sharon Stevens, Sita Venkateswar, Sean Cubitt, Charles Dawson, Victoria Grieves, James Holcombe, Ann O'Brien, Christopher Orchard, David Orchard, Peter Orchard
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: Anthropocene • Ecological aesthetics • entanglements • Environmental activism • Environmental Humanities • Environmentalism • Environmental politics • Environmental social science • green cultural studies • indigenous studies • Political Ecology
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-3570-4 / 1498535704
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-3570-0 / 9781498535700