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Book Synopsis: Living on a damaged planet challenges who we are and where we live. This timely anthology calls on twenty eminent humanists and scientists to revitalize curiosity, observation, and transdisciplinary conversation about life on earth.
As human-induced environmental change threatens multispecies livability, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet puts forward a bold proposal: entangled histories, situated narratives, and thick descriptions offer urgent “arts of living.” Included are essays by scholars in anthropology, ecology, science studies, art, literature, and bioinformatics who posit critical and creative tools for collaborative survival in a more-than-human Anthropocene.
The essays are organized around two key figures that also serve as the publication’s two openings: Ghosts, or landscapes haunted by the violences of modernity; and Monsters, or interspecies and intraspecies sociality. Ghosts and Monsters are tentacular, windy, and arboreal arts that invite readers to encounter ants, lichen, rocks, electrons, flying foxes, salmon, chestnut trees, mud volcanoes, border zones, graves, radioactive waste—in short, the wonders and terrors of an unintended epoch.
Contributors: Karen Barad, U of California, Santa Cruz; Kate Brown, U of Maryland, Baltimore; Carla Freccero, U of California, Santa Cruz; Peter Funch, Aarhus U; Scott F. Gilbert, Swarthmore College; Deborah M. Gordon, Stanford U; Donna J. Haraway, U of California, Santa Cruz; Andreas Hejnol, U of Bergen, Norway; Ursula K. Le Guin; Marianne Elisabeth Lien, U of Oslo; Andrew Mathews, U of California, Santa Cruz; Margaret McFall-Ngai, U of Hawaii, Manoa; Ingrid M. Parker, U of California, Santa Cruz; Mary Louise Pratt, NYU; Anne Pringle, U of Wisconsin, Madison; Deborah Bird Rose, U of New South Wales, Sydney; Dorion Sagan; Lesley Stern, U of California, San Diego; Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus U.
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Are you ready to explore the wonders and terrors of our unintended epoch? Introducing Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene, a stimulating anthology that will challenge your perspective on our environment and the future of our planet. Written by twenty eminent humanists and scientists, this timely book revitalizes curiosity, observation, and transdisciplinary conversation about life on earth.
In a world where human-induced environmental change threatens the livability of multiple species, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet presents a bold proposal: entangled histories, situated narratives, and thick descriptions that offer urgent "arts of living." Delve into insightful essays by scholars in anthropology, ecology, science studies, art, literature, and bioinformatics who present critical and creative tools for collaborative survival in a more-than-human Anthropocene.
Organized around the central themes of Ghosts and Monsters, this captivating anthology takes you on a journey through landscapes haunted by the violences of modernity and explores the intricate sociality between interspecies and intraspecies beings. Embark on a tentacular, windy, and arboreal exploration of ants, lichen, rocks, electrons, flying foxes, salmon, chestnut trees, mud volcanoes, border zones, graves, and even radioactive waste. Brace yourself for the wonders and terrors of an unintended epoch.
Contributors to this remarkable book include renowned experts such as Karen Barad, Kate Brown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Donna J. Haraway, and many more. Each essay offers unique perspectives and valuable insights that will expand your understanding of the Anthropocene and our place within it.
Don't miss out on this transformative reading experience. Join the conversation and unlock new ways of thinking about our damaged planet. Embrace the urgency of change and discover the arts of living in the face of adversity. Get your copy of Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene today!
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