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Socio-environmental crises are currently transforming the
conditions for life on this planet, from climate change, to
resource depletion, biodiversity loss and long-term pollutants. The
vast scale of these changes, affecting land, sea and air have
prompted calls for the 'ecologicalisation' of knowledge. This book
adopts a much needed 'more-than-human' framework to grasp these
complexities and challenges. It contains multidisciplinary insights
and diverse methodological approaches to question how to revise,
reshape and invent methods in order to work with non-humans in
participatory ways. The book offers a framework for thinking
critically about the promises and potentialities of participation
from within a more-than-human paradigm, and opens up trajectories
for its future development. It will be of interest to those working
in the environmental humanities, animal studies, science and
technology studies, ecology, and anthropology.
The relationship between nature and culture has become a popular
focus in social science, but there have been few grounded accounts
of trees. Providing shelter, fuel, food and tools, trees have
played a vital role in human life from the earliest times, but
their role in symbolic expression has been largely overlooked. For
example, trees are often used to express nationalistic feelings.
Germans drew heavily on tree and forest imagery in nation-building,
and the idea of 'hearts of oak' has been central to concepts of
English identity. Classic scenes of ghoulish trees coming to life
and forests closing in on unsuspecting passers-by commonly feature
in the media. In other instances, trees are used to represent
paradisical landscapes and symbolize the ideologies of conservation
and concern for nature.
Offering new theoretical ideas, this book looks at trees as agents
that co-constitute places and cultures in relationship with human
agency. What happens when trees connect with human labour,
technology, retail and consumption systems? What are the ethical
dimensions of these connections? The authors discuss how trees can
affect and even define notions of place, and the ways that
particular places are recognized culturally. Working trees,
companion trees, wild trees and collected or conserved trees are
considered in relation to the dynamic politics of conservation and
development that affect the values given to trees in the
contemporary world.
Building on the growing field of landscape study, this book offers
rich insights into the symbolic and practical roles of trees. It
will be vital reading for anyone interested in the anthropology of
landscape, forestry, conservation and development, and for those
concerned with the social science of nature.
This collection shifts the focus from collective memory to
individual memory, by incorporating new performative approaches to
identity, place and becoming. Drawing upon cultural geography, the
book provides an accessible framework to approach key aspects of
memory, remembering, archives, commemoration and forgetting in
modern societies.
What can creativity achieve in an era of ecocide? How are people
using creative and artistic practices to engage with (and resist)
the destruction of life on earth? What are the relationships
between creativity and repair in the face of escalating global
environmental crises? Across twelve compelling case studies, this
book charts the emergence of diverse forms of artistic practice and
brings together accounts of how artists, scholars and activists are
creatively responding to environmental destruction. Highlighting
alternative approaches to creativity in both conventional art
settings and daily life, the book demonstrates the major influence
that ecological thought has had on contemporary creative practices.
These are often more concerned with subtle processes of feeling,
experience and embodiment than they are with charismatic
‘eco-art’ works. In doing so, this exploratory book develops a
conception of creativity as an anti-ecocide endeavour, and provides
timely theoretical and practical insights on art in an age of
environmental destruction.
The relationship between nature and culture has become a popular
focus in social science, but there have been few grounded accounts
of trees. Providing shelter, fuel, food and tools, trees have
played a vital role in human life from the earliest times, but
their role in symbolic expression has been largely overlooked. For
example, trees are often used to express nationalistic feelings.
Germans drew heavily on tree and forest imagery in nation-building,
and the idea of 'hearts of oak' has been central to concepts of
English identity. Classic scenes of ghoulish trees coming to life
and forests closing in on unsuspecting passers-by commonly feature
in the media. In other instances, trees are used to represent
paradisical landscapes and symbolize the ideologies of conservation
and concern for nature.
Offering new theoretical ideas, this book looks at trees as agents
that co-constitute places and cultures in relationship with human
agency. What happens when trees connect with human labour,
technology, retail and consumption systems? What are the ethical
dimensions of these connections? The authors discuss how trees can
affect and even define notions of place, and the ways that
particular places are recognized culturally. Working trees,
companion trees, wild trees and collected or conserved trees are
considered in relation to the dynamic politics of conservation and
development that affect the values given to trees in the
contemporary world.
Building on the growing field of landscape study, this book offers
rich insights into the symbolic and practical roles of trees. It
will be vital reading for anyone interested in the anthropology of
landscape, forestry, conservation anddevelopment, and for those
concerned with the social science of nature.
This edited collection, including contributors from the disciplines
of art history, film studies, cultural geography and cultural
anthropology, explores ways in which islands in the north of
England and Scotland have provided space for a variety of
visual-cultural practices and forms of creative expression which
have informed our understanding of the world. Simultaneously, the
chapters reflect upon the importance of these islands as a space in
which, and with which, to contemplate the pressures and the
possibilities within contemporary society. This book makes a timely
and original contribution to the developing field of island
studies, and will be of interest to scholars studying issues of
place, community and the peripheries.
Socio-environmental crises are currently transforming the
conditions for life on this planet, from climate change, to
resource depletion, biodiversity loss and long-term pollutants. The
vast scale of these changes, affecting land, sea and air have
prompted calls for the 'ecologicalisation' of knowledge. This book
adopts a much needed 'more-than-human' framework to grasp these
complexities and challenges. It contains multidisciplinary insights
and diverse methodological approaches to question how to revise,
reshape and invent methods in order to work with non-humans in
participatory ways. The book offers a framework for thinking
critically about the promises and potentialities of participation
from within a more-than-human paradigm, and opens up trajectories
for its future development. It will be of interest to those working
in the environmental humanities, animal studies, science and
technology studies, ecology, and anthropology.
This collection shifts the focus from collective memory to
individual memory, by incorporating new performative approaches to
identity, place and becoming. Drawing upon cultural geography, the
book provides an accessible framework to approach key aspects of
memory, remembering, archives, commemoration and forgetting in
modern societies.
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