Perma/culture : imagining alternatives in an age of crisis / edited by Molly Wallace and David Carruthers.
"In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us, critique is an important tool. It is in this vein that most scholars have approached environmental crisis. While there are numerous texts that chronicle contemporary issues in environmental ills,...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Other title: | Permaculture. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2018.
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| Series: | Routledge environmental humanities.
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| Summary: | "In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us, critique is an important tool. It is in this vein that most scholars have approached environmental crisis. While there are numerous texts that chronicle contemporary issues in environmental ills, there are relatively few that explore the possibilities and practices which work to avoid collapse and build alternatives. The keyword of this books full title, 'Perma/Culture, ' alludes to and plays on 'permaculture', an international movement that can provide a framework for navigating the multiple 'other worlds' within a broader environmental ethic. This edited collection brings together essays from an international team of scholars, activists and artists inorder to provide a critical introduction to the ethico-political and cultural elements around the concept of Perma/Culture. These multidisciplinary essays include a varied landscape of sites and practices, from readings from ecotopian literature to an analysis of the intersection of agriculture and art; from an account of the rewards and difficulties of building community in Transition Towns to a description of the ad hoc infrastructure of a fracking protest camp. Offering a number of constructive models in response to current global environmental challenges, this book makes a significant contribution to current eco-literature and will be of great interest to students and researchers in Environmental Humanities, Environmental Studies, Sociology and Communication Studies."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "Earthscan from Routledge"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315269238 1315269236 9781351978422 135197842X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. |