Giving depth to the surface

An exercise in the Gaia-graphy of critical zones

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4189165
AutoresAlexandra Arènes (0000-0001-5009-0794, SOC, France, autor correspondente), Bruno Latour (0000-0003-4557-174X, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris), Jérôme Gaillardet (0000-0001-7982-1159, Institut de physique du globe de Paris)
Ano2018
Volume5
Fascículo2
Páginas120-135
Data de publicação2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Anthropocene Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2053-0196 • E-ISSN: 2053-020X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2053019618782257
OpenAlexW2810269985
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas61
Referências citadas21

Foregrounding the importance of soil and more generally the surface of the Earth - what is now often called the critical zone (CZ) - remains very difficult as long as the usual planetary view, familiar since the scientific revolution, is maintained. In this joint effort coauthored by a landscape architect, a historian of science and a geochemist, we propose what is called in history of drawing an anamorphosis, that is, a distorsion of image made through an instrument or a change in perspective. Such anamorphosis allows us to shift from a planetary vision of sites located in the geographic grid, to a representation of events located in what we call a Gaia-graphic view. We claim that such a view is much better suited to situate the new actors of the Anthropocene because it brings pride of place to the CZ

Aesthetics · Anthropocene · Art · Foregrounding · Literature · Political science · Pride · Visual arts · Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · History · Law · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life · Geology · Paleontology