Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet

Name: Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet
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SKU: 9781517902377
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Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet, edited by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing and others, explores the intricate relationship between humans and nature in an age of ecological crisis. It presents diverse perspectives from scientists and artists, examining both the visible and invisible damages to our planet and how we might live more harmoniously within this delicate ecosystem. Through compelling narratives and interdisciplinary insights, the book inspires readers to rethink and reimagine the concept of co-existence with the environment.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you have an interest in exploring the intersection of science, nature, and humanity amidst environmental challenges. It offers insightful reflections and interdisciplinary perspectives on how we coexist with a planet that's experiencing ecological transformations.

Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet

Living on a damaged planet challenges who we are and where we live. This timely anthology calls on twenty eminent humanists and scientists to revitalise curiosity, observation, and transdisciplinary conversation about life on earth.

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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.

Essays are organised 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.

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Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet is widely praised for its innovative approach to understanding the Anthropocene, urging readers to reconceptualise their relationship with the natural world. It emphasises the interconnectedness of humans and non-human life, proposing a need to observe and attune more authentically to ecological changes. This collection of essays blends science, art, and philosophy, offering both an engaging and challenging perspective on global environmental issues.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781517902377

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 May 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Minnesota Press

Contributors:

Edited by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Edited by Nils Bubandt
Edited by Elaine Gan
Edited by Heather Anne Swanson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Niels Bohr Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark, where she codirects Aarhus University Research on the Anthropocene (AURA).

Heather Swanson is assistant professor of anthropology at Aarhus University.

Elaine Gan is art director of AURA and postdoctoral fellow at Aarhus University.

Nils Bubandt is professor of anthropology at Aarhus University, where he codirects AURA.