Overview

This book presents a novel and systematic social theory of soil, and is representative of the rising interest in ‘the material’ in social sciences. Bringing together new modes of ‘critical description’ with speculative practices and methods of inquiry, it contributes to the exploration of current transformations in socioecologies, as well as in political and artistic practices, in order to address global ecological change. The chapters in this edited volume challenge scholars to attend more carefully to the ways in which they think about soil, both materially and theoretically. Contributors address a range of topics, including new ways of thinking about the politics of caring for soils; the ecological and symbiotic relations between soils; how the productive capacities and contested governance of soils are deployed as matters of political concern; and indigenous ways of knowing and being with soil.

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Author:   Juan Francisco Salazar (University of Western Sydney, Australia) ,  Céline Granjou (University Paris-Est Marne la Vallée, France) ,  Matthew Kearnes (University of New South Wales, Australia) ,  Anna Krzywoszynska (University of Sheffield, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780567706522

ISBN 10:   0567706524
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   27 January 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Figures PREFACE Maria Puig della Bellacasa, University of Leicester, UK Ch 1: Thinking-with Soils: An Introduction to the Edited Volume Juan F. Salazar, Céline Granjou, Anna Krzywoszynska, Matthew Kearns, Manuel Tironi Ch 2: Soil Theories: Relational, Decolonial, Inhuman Manuel Tironi, Matthew Kearnes, Anna Krzywoszynska, Céline Granjou and Juan Francisco Salazar Ch 3: Mapping soil, losing ground? Politics of soil mapping Juliette Kon Kam Kim and Céline Granjou Ch 4: Soils and Commodification Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro and Levi Van Sant Ch 5: Knowing earth, knowing soil: epistemological work and the political aesthetics of regenerative agriculture Matthew Kearnes and Lauren Rickards Ch 6: To know, to dwell, to care: towards an actionable, place-based knowledge of soils Anna Krzywoszynska with Steve Banwart and David Blacker Ch. 7: Soiling Mars: “To boldly grow where no plant has grown before”? Filippo Bertoni Ch. 8: Geosocial polar futures and the material geopolitics of frozen soils Juan Francisco Salazar and Klaus Dodds Ch 9: A Mend to the Metabolic Rift? The Promises (and Potential Pitfalls) of Biosolids Application on American Soils Nicholas C. Kawa Ch. 10: Reclaiming freak soils: from conquering to journeying with urban soils Germain Meulemans Ch 11: Soil refusal: thinking earthly matters as radical alterity Manuel Tironi Ch 12: Geophagiac: Art, Food, Dirt Lindsay Kelley

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[T]he book is novel, diverse and thought provoking. It offers a variety of inroads and case studies. * Agriculture and Human Values *

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Juan Francisco Salazar is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, Australia. Céline Granjou is Associate Professor at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA), University of Grenoble-Alps, France. Matthew Kearnes is Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow in the School of Humanities and Languages, University of New South Wales, Australia. Anna Krzywoszynska is Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK. Manuel Tironi is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anhtropology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile.

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