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Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in
northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when
global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local
farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This
striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic
research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of
finance to respond to a deteriorating environment. Taking a
human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models,
Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative
futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year
of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man’s possible
journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by
losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions
that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping
account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the
intimate story of one family’s triumphs, heartbreaks, and hopes
for the future.
TotalWork: Broken Britain is a sociohistorical commentary on life
in C21st Britain. It represents the valid opinion of one Chartered
Occupational Psychologist, gained through her personal work
experience as a mental health professional. Dr Caroline Schuster is
a specialist in the management of emotional, environmental and
behavioural stress: something that millions of Britons face today.
As Britain and the West fall further into recession, we all face
record levels of stress related to home, school and work.
Reflecting on all important aspects of life, this book has been
written to help the ordinary man, woman and child in the street
gain a deeper understanding of their own personal stress levels as
well as some stresses inflamed by government policy, society and
the media. TotalWork is not a cure for stress, but it will help us
to reflect on how we react with our environments and how that
reaction impacts on our quality of life.
Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in
northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when
global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local
farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This
striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic
research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of
finance to respond to a deteriorating environment. Taking a
human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models,
Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative
futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year
of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man’s possible
journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by
losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions
that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping
account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the
intimate story of one family’s triumphs, heartbreaks, and hopes
for the future.
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