The Multispecies SalonA new approach to writing culture has arrived: multispecies ethnography. Plants, animals, fungi, and microbes appear alongside humans in this singular book about natural and cultural history. Anthropologists have collaborated with artists and biological scientists to illuminate how diverse organisms are entangled in political, economic, and cultural systems. Contributions from influential writers and scholars, such as Dorion Sagan, Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, are featured along with essays by emergent artists and cultural anthropologists. Delectable mushrooms flourishing in the aftermath of ecological disaster, microbial cultures enlivening the politics and value of food, and nascent life forms running wild in the age of biotechnology all figure in this curated collection of essays and artifacts. Recipes provide instructions on how to cook acorn mush, make cheese out of human milk, and enliven forests after they have been clear-cut. The Multispecies Salon investigates messianic dreams, environmental nightmares, and modest sites of biocultural hope. For additional materials see the companion website: www.multispecies-salon.org/ Contributors. Karen Barad, Caitlin Berrigan, Karin Bolender, Maria Brodine, Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn, David S. Edmunds, Christine Hamilton, Donna J. Haraway, Stefan Helmreich, Angela James, Lindsay Kelley, Eben Kirksey, Linda Noel, Heather Paxson, Nathan Rich, Anna Rodriguez, Dorion Sagan, Craig Schuetze, Nicholas Shapiro, Miriam Simun, Kim TallBear, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing |
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Contents
Miriam Simun | |
Eben Kirksey | |
BLASTED LANDSCAPES | |
CHAPTER2 R A W Assmilk Soap | |
CHAPTER3 Blasted Landscapes and the Gentle Arts of Mushroom | |
EDIBLE COMPANIONS | |
RECIPE1 Plumpiñon | |
Human Cheese | |
Bitter Medicine Is Stronger | |
Nathan Rich DavidS Edmunds and KimTallBear | |
LIFE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY | |
Diffractions of the Brittlestar | |
CHAPTER7 Speculative Fabulations for Technocultures | |
Taking Care of Unexpected Country | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Multispecies Salon |
| Editor | Eben Kirksey |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Duke University Press, 2014 |
| ISBN | 0822376989, 9780822376989 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › › Art / Conceptual Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
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