Anthropological Optimism

Engaging the Power of What Could Go Right
Herausgeber: Willow, Anna J

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book theorizes the role of optimism in anthropological thinking, research, writing, and practice. It sets out to explore optimism's origins and implications, its conceptual and practical value, and its capacity to contribute to contemporary anthropological aims.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781032386430
• ISBN-10: 1032386436
• Artikelnr.: 66710726

Autorenporträt

Anna J. Willow is Professor of Anthropology at The Ohio State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A World Made Safe for (Future) Difference: Anthropology and Utopian
Possibility 2. Vertiginous Optimism: Optimistic Orientations in a Field of
Chronic Crisis 3. "Moving On and Moving Up": Productive Angles of Exploring
Optimism 4. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: Planting Optimism in a
Disrupted Ecology 5. Indigenous Optimism in the Colonialcene 6. Putting the
Pieces in Place: Optimistic Futuring in Transition Culture 7. Optimism at
Scale: Exploring Everyday Activism in Atlanta's Alternative Food Networks
8. Fusing Outrage and Hope into Acts of Resistance, Volunteerism, and
Allyships 9. Optimistic Anthropology in the Work of Systems Changemakers
10. China 2060: Envisioning a Human-Centered Approach to Energy Transition
11. Doing Anthropology Forward: Emerging Technologies and Possible Futures