New materialist tangles in and for the Anthropocene /
edited by Anna Grear and Dorothy Kwek.
- 177 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Essays based on a workshop held in Cardiff, Wales, part of a series "Imagining the Eco-Social: New Materialist Reflections for the Anthropocene" (page 2). From a special issue of: Journal of human rights and the environment, vol. 16, January, 2025.
Includes bibliographical references.
Editorial: New materialist reflections for the Anthropocene / Eco-social new-materialist reflections for the Anthropocene / Acting amidst : some concepts and practices / The Anthropocene as abstract machine / 'Acting amidst' : a conversation with Jane Bennett, facilitated by Anna Grear [and others] -- The Anthropocene as abstract machine : a conversation / An other time / Vital materialism from social theory to sociological lines of flight / Drifting bodies, monstrous forms, cosmic meanings : a new materialist geography of Hong Kong's sandy grounds / Discontinuity and the underground : permafrost imaginaries and subterranean worlds / Influencer / On gardens of the Anthropocene : gendered violence, colonial legal enclosures, and feminist posthuman kinship / On doodling and other modes of engagement in meltdown / Anna Grear and Dorothy Kwek -- Jane Bennett, William E. Connolly, Dorothy Kwek and Anna Grear -- Jane Bennett -- William E. Connolly -- William E. Connolly [and others] -- Elizabeth R. Johnson -- Nick J. Fox -- Julian Brigstocke -- Charlotte Wrigley -- Emily Jones -- Matilda Arvidsson -- Sian Sullivan.
"This set of essays and conversations offers a unique exploration of themes and questions concerning a lively world 'in trouble'. Provocative, stimulating, playful, insightful, and prescient, the reflections in this book invite readers into imaginative and ecologically open ways of envisioning an entangled world."
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Global environmental change Environmental degradation Climatic changes--Law and legislation. Sustainable development--Law and legislation