Presents thirty novel terms that do not yet exist in English to
envision ways of responding to the environmental challenges of our
generation As the scale and gravity of climate change becomes
undeniable, a cultural revolution must ultimately match progress in
the realms of policy, infrastructure, and technology. Proceeding
from the notion that dominant Western cultures lack the terms and
concepts to describe or respond to our environmental crisis, An
Ecotopian Lexicon is a collaborative volume of short, engaging
essays that offer ecologically productive terms-drawn from other
languages, science fiction, and subcultures of resistance-to
envision and inspire responses and alternatives to fossil-fueled
neoliberal capitalism. Each of the thirty suggested "loanwords"
helps us imagine how to adapt and even flourish in the face of the
socioecological adversity that characterizes the present moment and
the future that awaits. From "Apocalypso" to "Qi," " ~*~ " to
"Total Liberation," thirty authors from a range of disciplines and
backgrounds assemble a grounded yet dizzying lexicon, expanding the
limited European and North American conceptual lexicon that many
activists, educators, scholars, students, and citizens have
inherited. Fourteen artists from eleven countries respond to these
chapters with original artwork that illustrates the contours of the
possible better worlds and worldviews. Contributors: Sofia Ahlberg,
Uppsala U; Randall Amster, Georgetown U; Cherice Bock, Antioch U;
Charis Boke, Cornell U; Natasha Bowdoin, Rice U; Kira Bre Clingen,
Harvard U; Caledonia Curry (SWOON); Lori Damiano, Pacific Northwest
College of Art; Nicolas De Jesus; Jonathan Dyck; John Esposito,
Chukyo U; Rebecca Evans, Winston-Salem State U; Allison Ford, U of
Oregon; Carolyn Fornoff, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Michelle Kuen Suet Fung; Andrew Hageman, Luther College; Michael
Horka, George Washington U; Yellena James; Andrew Alan Johnson,
Princeton U; Jennifer Lee Johnson, Purdue U; Melody Jue, U of
California, Santa Barbara; Jenny Kendler; Daehyun Kim (Moonassi);
Yifei Li, NYU Shanghai; Nikki Lindt; Anthony Lioi, Juilliard School
of New York; Maryanto; Janet Tamalik McGrath; Pierre-Heli Monot,
Ludwig Maximilian U of Munich; Kari Marie Norgaard, U of Oregon;
Karen O'Brien, U of Oslo, Norway; Evelyn O'Malley, U of Exeter;
Robert Savino Oventile, Pasadena City College; Chris Pak; David N.
Pellow, U of California, Santa Barbara; Andrew Pendakis, Brock U;
Kimberly Skye Richards, U of California, Berkeley; Ann Kristin
Schorre, U of Oslo, Norway; Malcolm Sen, U of Massachusetts
Amherst; Kate Shaw; Sam Solnick, U of Liverpool; Rirkrit
Tiravanija, Columbia U; Miriam Tola, Northeastern U; Sheena Wilson,
U of Alberta; Daniel Worden, Rochester Institute of Technology.
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