Disturbed Ecologies: Photography, Geopolitics, and the Northern Landscape in the Era of Environmental Crisis (Image) - Softcover

Darcy White, Julia Peck, Chris Goldie

 
9783837660265: Disturbed Ecologies: Photography, Geopolitics, and the Northern Landscape in the Era of Environmental Crisis (Image)

Synopsis

In the context of an environmental crisis, photography and its related practices can be part of an emancipatory project, challenging techno-utopian solutions and envisioning alternative possibilities for sustaining life on this planet. This anthology critically addresses the geopolitics of environmental devastation from the perspective of photographers, artists, curators and theorists. The contributors engage with recent debates about the Anthropocene and the need to identify the socioeconomic and political causes of climate change. The essays question the validity of images within which ecological crisis is seen as the consequence of undifferentiated human activity.

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About the Author

Darcy White is principal lecturer in visual culture in the Department of Media Arts and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University, where she teaches the history and theory of photography. She is the founder of the Northern Light Contemporary Landscape Photography research group and co-convener of its biennial conference.<br /><br />Chris Goldie is formerly senior lecturer, currently honorary research fellow, in the Department for Media Arts and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University. Recent publications have appeared in the "Journal of Design History", "The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies and Development" and the "Design Journal".

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