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A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions
Buch von Thom Van Dooren
Sprache: Englisch

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"While snails rarely get a mention in most discussions of our sixth mass extinction event, the sad reality is that they are disappearing more rapidly than any other species, and Hawai'i's snails are amongst the hardest hit. Following snail trails through the islands' forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, this book explores processes of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience"--
"While snails rarely get a mention in most discussions of our sixth mass extinction event, the sad reality is that they are disappearing more rapidly than any other species, and Hawai'i's snails are amongst the hardest hit. Following snail trails through the islands' forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, this book explores processes of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience"--
Über den Autor
Thom van Dooren is a field philosopher at the University of Sydney and the University of Oslo. He is the author of Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction and The Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds. Donna Haraway has called him “a leader in learning to learn without the tools of human exceptionalism.”
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
In Search of Snails 1

1 The Wanderers
A Foray into Worlds Written in Slime 23

2 The Drifters
The Mysterious Deep Time Movements of Snails 51

3 The Collected
The Ongoing Colonial Entanglements of Shells 81

4 The Anonymous
Taxonomy and the Unknown Extinction Crisis 113

5 The Exploded
Solidarity and Military Snails 147

6 The Captives
Hope in a Time of Loss 177

Epilogue 197

Acknowledgments 211
Glossary 215
Notes 219
Bibliography 245
Index 263
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Umwelt
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Ökologie
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780262047029
ISBN-10: 0262047020
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Dooren, Thom Van
Hersteller: MIT Press
Maße: 233 x 156 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Thom Van Dooren
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2022
Gewicht: 0,552 kg
Artikel-ID: 121955548
Über den Autor
Thom van Dooren is a field philosopher at the University of Sydney and the University of Oslo. He is the author of Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction and The Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds. Donna Haraway has called him “a leader in learning to learn without the tools of human exceptionalism.”
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
In Search of Snails 1

1 The Wanderers
A Foray into Worlds Written in Slime 23

2 The Drifters
The Mysterious Deep Time Movements of Snails 51

3 The Collected
The Ongoing Colonial Entanglements of Shells 81

4 The Anonymous
Taxonomy and the Unknown Extinction Crisis 113

5 The Exploded
Solidarity and Military Snails 147

6 The Captives
Hope in a Time of Loss 177

Epilogue 197

Acknowledgments 211
Glossary 215
Notes 219
Bibliography 245
Index 263
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Umwelt
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Ökologie
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780262047029
ISBN-10: 0262047020
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Dooren, Thom Van
Hersteller: MIT Press
Maße: 233 x 156 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Thom Van Dooren
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2022
Gewicht: 0,552 kg
Artikel-ID: 121955548
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