Thinking with Soils

Material Politics and Social Theory

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This book presents a novel and systematic social theory of soil, and is representative of the rising interest in ‘the material’ in social sciences. Bringing together new modes of ‘critical description’ with speculative practices and methods of inquiry, it contributes to the exploration of current transformations in socioecologies, as well as in political and artistic practices, in order to address global ecological change.The chapters in this edited volume challenge scholars to attend more carefully to the ways in which they think about soil, both materially and theoretically. Contributors address a range of topics, including new ways of thinking about the politics of caring for soils; the ecological and symbiotic relations between soils; how the productive capacities and contested governance of soils are deployed as matters of political concern; and indigenous ways of knowing and being with soil.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-07-23
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350109575

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Lantbruksteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Juan Francisco Salazar is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, Australia.Céline Granjou is Associate Professor at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA), University of Grenoble-Alps, France.Matthew Kearnes is Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow in the School of Humanities and Languages, University of New South Wales, Australia.Anna Krzywoszynska is Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK.Manuel Tironi is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anhtropology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile.

Recensioner i media

[T]he book is novel, diverse and thought provoking. It offers a variety of inroads and case studies.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsList of FiguresPREFACEMaria Puig della Bellacasa, University of Leicester, UKCh 1: Thinking-with Soils: An Introduction to the Edited VolumeJuan F. Salazar, Céline Granjou, Anna Krzywoszynska, Matthew Kearns, Manuel TironiCh 2: Soil Theories: Relational, Decolonial, InhumanManuel Tironi, Matthew Kearnes, Anna Krzywoszynska, Céline Granjou and Juan Francisco SalazarCh 3: Mapping soil, losing ground? Politics of soil mappingJuliette Kon Kam Kim and Céline GranjouCh 4: Soils and CommodificationSalvatore Engel-Di Mauro and Levi Van Sant Ch 5: Knowing earth, knowing soil: epistemological work and the political aesthetics of regenerative agriculture Matthew Kearnes and Lauren RickardsCh 6: To know, to dwell, to care: towards an actionable, place-based knowledge of soilsAnna Krzywoszynska with Steve Banwart and David BlackerCh. 7: Soiling Mars: “To boldly grow where no plant has grown before”?Filippo Bertoni Ch. 8: Geosocial polar futures and the material geopolitics of frozen soils Juan Francisco Salazar and Klaus DoddsCh 9: A Mend to the Metabolic Rift? The Promises (and Potential Pitfalls) of Biosolids Application on American SoilsNicholas C. Kawa Ch. 10: Reclaiming freak soils: from conquering to journeying with urban soilsGermain Meulemans Ch 11: Soil refusal: thinking earthly matters as radical alterityManuel Tironi Ch 12: Geophagiac: Art, Food, DirtLindsay Kelley