Title & Author:

Future remains : a cabinet of curiosities for the Anthropocene / edited by Gregg Mitman, Marco Armiero, and Robert S. Emmett.

Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
©2018

Description:

xiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The Anthropocene: the promise and pitfalls of an epochal idea / Rob Nixon -- Hubris. Anthropocene in a jar / Tomas Matza, Nicole Heller -- Concretes speak / Rachel Harkness, Cristián Simonetti, Judith Winter -- The age of (a) man / Joseph Masco -- The manual pesticide spray pump / Michelle Mart, Cameron Muir -- Hubris or humility: genealogies of the Anthropocene / Gregg Mitman -- Living and dying. Huia echoes / Julianne Lutz Warren -- Snarge / Gary Kroll -- Marine animal satellite tags / Nils Hanwahr -- Artificial coral reef / Josh Wodak -- Freezing life in the Anthropocene / Elizabeth Hennessy -- Racism and the Anthropocene / Laura Pulido -- Sabotaging the Anthropocene; or, in the praise of mutiny / Marco Armiero -- Laboring. On possibility; or, the monkey wrench / Daegan Miller -- The German calico quilt / Bethany Wiggin -- Anthropocene aesthetics / Robert S. Emmett -- Making. The mirror: testing the counter-Anthropocene / Sverker Sörlin -- Objects from Anna Schwartz's cabinet of curiosities / Judit Hersko -- Technofossil / Jared Farmer -- Davies Creek Road / Anthropocene cabinets of curiosity: objects of strange change / Libby Robin.

Summary:

"This dynamic entry in the burgeoning field of environmental humanities is built around fifteen objects that represent the scope and peril of the Anthropocene--among them a monkey wrench, a jar of beach sand, a Blackberry, a mirror, and a cryogenic freezer box. The objects are framed by six more expansive essays reflecting on the meanings of the Anthropocene for scholarship and the world ..."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780226508658 hardcover ; alkaline paper
022650865X hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780226508795 paperback ; alkaline paper
022650879X paperback ; alkaline paper
electronic book
9780226508825

Subject:

Nature Effect of human beings on.
Nature and civilization.
Human ecology.
Êtres humains Influence sur la nature.
Nature et civilisation.
Écologie humaine.
human ecology.
Natur
Anthropogener Einfluss

Added entries:

Mitman, Gregg, editor.
Armiero, Marco, 1966- editor.
Emmett, Robert S., 1979- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300759
Call No.: BIB 246979
Status: Available