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Vital Decomposition - Soil Practitioners and Life Politics (Hardcover)
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Vital Decomposition - Soil Practitioners and Life Politics (Hardcover)
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In Colombia, decades of social and armed conflict and the US-led
war on drugs have created a seemingly untenable situation for
scientists and rural communities as they attempt to care for
forests and grow non-illicit crops. In Vital Decomposition Kristina
M. Lyons presents an ethnography of human-soil relations. She
follows state soil scientists and peasants across labs,
greenhouses, forests, and farms and attends to the struggles and
collaborations between farmers, agrarian movements, state
officials, and scientists over the meanings of peace, productivity,
rural development, and sustainability in Colombia. In particular,
Lyons examines the practices and philosophies of rural farmers who
value the decomposing layers of leaves, which make the soils that
sustain life in the Amazon, and shows how the study and stewardship
of the soil point to alternative frameworks for living and dying.
In outlining the life-making processes that compose and decompose
into soil, Lyons theorizes how life can thrive in the face of the
violence, criminalization, and poisoning produced by militarized,
growth-oriented development.
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