Anthropological Optimism (eBook, PDF)

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

• Format: PDF

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: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000852653
• Artikelnr.: 67441969

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