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This book, the first by the design and research practice Material Cultures, assembles a series of short essays and conversations exploring the cultures, systems, and infrastructures that shape the architectural industry and the destructive ecologies it fosters. The building practices dominating contemporary architecture are rooted in the exploitation of people and the(...)
Material reform, material cultures
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This book, the first by the design and research practice Material Cultures, assembles a series of short essays and conversations exploring the cultures, systems, and infrastructures that shape the architectural industry and the destructive ecologies it fosters. The building practices dominating contemporary architecture are rooted in the exploitation of people and the degradation of our landscapes. Here, Paloma Gormley, Summer Islam, and George Massoud explore how this has come about and how alternative systems, with holistic approaches to the built environment, might be formulated. It presents a set of instructive and challenging perspectives drawing directly on the dialogues and tensions Material Cultures encounter in their day-to-day work. Texts centred around key concepts including labour, time, maintenance, language, land, and touch are interwoven with a visual essay reckoning with the processes that have transformed industrialised landscapes at different scales of experience and resolution.
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Confounded by global warming and in search of an affirmative politics that links ecology with social change, Matt Hern and Am Johal set off on a series of road trips to the tar sands of northern Alberta—perhaps the world's largest industrial site, dedicated to the dirty work of extracting oil from Alberta's vast reserves. Seamlessly combining travelogue, sophisticated(...)
Global warming and the sweetness of life: a Tar Sands tale
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Confounded by global warming and in search of an affirmative politics that links ecology with social change, Matt Hern and Am Johal set off on a series of road trips to the tar sands of northern Alberta—perhaps the world's largest industrial site, dedicated to the dirty work of extracting oil from Alberta's vast reserves. Seamlessly combining travelogue, sophisticated political analysis, and ecological theory, speaking both to local residents and to leading scholars, the authors propose a new understanding of ecology that links the domination of the other-than-human world to the domination of humans by humans. They argue that any definition of ecology has to start with decolonization and that confronting global warming requires a politics that speaks to a different way of being in the world—a reconstituted understanding of the sweetness of life.
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Face à l'anthropocène
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Dans cet ouvrage, Ian Angus comble le fossé entre la science du système terrestre et le marxisme écologique. Il étudie non seulement les dernières découvertes scientifiques concernant les causes et les conséquences d’une transition vers l’Anthropocène, mais également les tendances socioéconomiques qui sous-tendent la crise. Si le statu quo perdure, le présent siècle sera(...)
Face à l'anthropocène
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Dans cet ouvrage, Ian Angus comble le fossé entre la science du système terrestre et le marxisme écologique. Il étudie non seulement les dernières découvertes scientifiques concernant les causes et les conséquences d’une transition vers l’Anthropocène, mais également les tendances socioéconomiques qui sous-tendent la crise. Si le statu quo perdure, le présent siècle sera marqué par une détérioration rapide de notre environnement physique, social et économique. L’auteur rappelle cependant que la responsabilité est bien inégalement partagée au regard de l’évolution du système : loin d’être la conséquence d’une prétendue nature humaine exploitant sans vergogne les ressources de la biosphère, la crise actuelle est plutôt le fruit des dynamiques d’un système particulier sur le plan historique, le capitalisme.
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A year without winter
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"A Year Without a Winter" brings together science fiction, history, visual art, and exploration. Inspired by the literary ‘dare’ that would give birth to Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" amidst the aftermath of a massive volcanic eruption, and today, by the utopian architecture of Paolo Soleri and the Arizona desert, expeditions to Antarctica and Indonesia, this collection(...)
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"A Year Without a Winter" brings together science fiction, history, visual art, and exploration. Inspired by the literary ‘dare’ that would give birth to Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" amidst the aftermath of a massive volcanic eruption, and today, by the utopian architecture of Paolo Soleri and the Arizona desert, expeditions to Antarctica and Indonesia, this collection reframes the relationship among climate, crisis, and creation. This book is a collective thought experiment retracing an inverted path through narrative extremes.
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Most people acknowledge the profound importance of sustainability, but few can define it. We are ethically bound to live sustainably for the sake of future generations, but what does that mean? In this book Randall Curren, a philosopher, and Ellen Metzger, a scientist, clarify normative aspects of sustainability. Combining their perspectives, they propose that(...)
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March 2018
Living well now and in the future: why sustainability matters
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Most people acknowledge the profound importance of sustainability, but few can define it. We are ethically bound to live sustainably for the sake of future generations, but what does that mean? In this book Randall Curren, a philosopher, and Ellen Metzger, a scientist, clarify normative aspects of sustainability. Combining their perspectives, they propose that sustainability can be understood as the art of living well together without diminishing opportunity to live well in the future.
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L’une des grandes originalités de Holmes Rolston au sein du courant d’éthique environnementale consiste en ce qu’il n’a jamais entendu limiter sa réflexion aux problèmes moraux que peut soulever la crise environnementale, mais a travaillé à élaborer une philosophie complète, comprenant une esthétique, une métaphysique, une théorie de la connaissance, une théorie politique(...)
Terre objective : essais d'éthique environnementale
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L’une des grandes originalités de Holmes Rolston au sein du courant d’éthique environnementale consiste en ce qu’il n’a jamais entendu limiter sa réflexion aux problèmes moraux que peut soulever la crise environnementale, mais a travaillé à élaborer une philosophie complète, comprenant une esthétique, une métaphysique, une théorie de la connaissance, une théorie politique de la justice environnementale, et même une théologie. De ce point de vue, son oeuvre se distingue comme l’une des plus riches de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, faisant songer à maints égards à l’entreprise de Naturphilosophie des philosophes allemands de la fin du XVIIIe siècle et du premier tiers du XIXe siècle.
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The ecology of others
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Since the end of the nineteenth century, the division between nature and culture has been fundamental to Western thought. In this groundbreaking work, renowned anthropologist Philippe Descola seeks to break down this divide, arguing for a departure from the anthropocentric model and its rigid dualistic conception of nature and culture as distinct phenomena. In its stead,(...)
The ecology of others
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Since the end of the nineteenth century, the division between nature and culture has been fundamental to Western thought. In this groundbreaking work, renowned anthropologist Philippe Descola seeks to break down this divide, arguing for a departure from the anthropocentric model and its rigid dualistic conception of nature and culture as distinct phenomena. In its stead, Descola proposes a radical new worldview, in which beings and objects, human and nonhuman, are understood through the complex relationships that they possess with one another. "The Ecology of Others" presents a compelling challenge to anthropologists, ecologists, and environmental studies scholars to rethink the way we conceive of humans, objects, and the environment. Thought-provoking and engagingly written, it will be required reading for all those interested in moving beyond the moving beyond the confines of this fascinating debate.
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Being ecological
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Don't care about ecology? This book is for you. Timothy Morton, who has been called 'Our most popular guide to the new epoch' (Guardian), sets out to show us that whether we know it or not, we already have the capacity and the will to change the way we understand the place of humans in the world, and our very understanding of the term 'ecology'. A cross-disciplinarian who(...)
Being ecological
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Don't care about ecology? This book is for you. Timothy Morton, who has been called 'Our most popular guide to the new epoch' (Guardian), sets out to show us that whether we know it or not, we already have the capacity and the will to change the way we understand the place of humans in the world, and our very understanding of the term 'ecology'. A cross-disciplinarian who has collaborated with everyone from Bjoerk to Hans Ulrich Obrist, Morton is also a member of the object-oriented philosophy movement, a group of forward-looking thinkers who are grappling with modern-day notions of subjectivity and objectivity, while also offering fascinating new understandings of Heidegger and Kant. Calling the volume a book containing 'no ecological facts', Morton confronts the 'information dump' fatigue of the digital age, and offers an invigorated approach to creating a liveable future.
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L’évolution du fonctionnement de notre système social et économique vers la production d’énergie décarbonée constitue aujourd’hui un enjeu d’ampleur planétaire. Ce dernier concerne autant les populations urbaines que rurales, imposant ainsi une réflexion globale sur les relations qu’entretiennent nos établissements humains avec les ressources renouvelables du territoire.(...)
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May 2018
Ruralités post-carbone : milieux, échelles et acteurs de la transition énergétique
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L’évolution du fonctionnement de notre système social et économique vers la production d’énergie décarbonée constitue aujourd’hui un enjeu d’ampleur planétaire. Ce dernier concerne autant les populations urbaines que rurales, imposant ainsi une réflexion globale sur les relations qu’entretiennent nos établissements humains avec les ressources renouvelables du territoire. Cet ouvrage explore les modalités de transition vers un modèle énergétique, dans lequel la recomposition des rapports entre ressources et territoires laisse entrevoir un rôle inédit pour les espaces ruraux, lieux de nouvelles alliances humaines et économiques.
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En 1972, quatre jeunes scientifiques du MIT rédigent à la demande du Club de Rome un rapport qu’ils intitulent « The Limits to Growth ». Celui-ci va choquer le monde. Pour la première fois, leur recherche établit les conséquences dramatiques sur le plan écologique d’une croissance économique et démographique exponentielle dans un monde fini. Leur analyse repose sur le(...)
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August 2017
Les limites à la croissance (dans un monde fini)
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En 1972, quatre jeunes scientifiques du MIT rédigent à la demande du Club de Rome un rapport qu’ils intitulent « The Limits to Growth ». Celui-ci va choquer le monde. Pour la première fois, leur recherche établit les conséquences dramatiques sur le plan écologique d’une croissance économique et démographique exponentielle dans un monde fini. Leur analyse repose sur le modèle « World3 », qui permet une simulation informatique des interactions entre population, croissance industrielle, production alimentaire et limites des écosystèmes terrestres.
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