Photography, Ecology and Historical Change in the Anthropocene: Activating Archives
Author:   Bergit Arends (The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032496429


Pages:   178
Publication Date:   09 July 2024
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Author:   Bergit Arends (The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032496429


ISBN 10:   1032496428
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   09 July 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Photography, Ecology and Archives in the Anthropocene: De-centring Environmental Imagination 2. Archival Metabolisms: Landscape Transformations in Nguyen the Thuc Kohle unter Magdeborn [Coal underneath Magdeborn] (1978) and Christiane Eisler (2014) 3. Re-activating the Sir Edward James Salisbury Photographic Archive of Ecological Images (ca. 1905–1938): Chrystel Lebas Field Studies (2011–) 4. A Yard of Jungle (1992/1915) and ‘My Jungle Table’ (1923) Re-performed: Naturalist William Beebe and Artist Mark Dion 5. Beyond the Plantation Archive: Performing Lives Through Photography in Joy Gregory and Philip Miller Seeds of Empire (2021) and Hans Sloane A Voyage . . . to Jamaica (1687/1688) Coda

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“Arends ticks all the boxes in this fresh, innovative, and multi-disciplinary approach to photography and the Anthropocene. Timely, relevant, and insightful, Photography, Ecology and Historical Change in the Anthropocene employs a broadened perspective on archives to demonstrate the power of contemporary artists to address the pressing environmental issues of our times.” -- Joan M. Schwartz, Queen’s University, Canada


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Bergit Arends is British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Courtauld Institute of Art.

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