Anthropological Engagement with the Anthropocene
A Critical Review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16908345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannah Gibson (0000-0003-0752-0968), Sita Venkateswar (0000-0002-8400-5874) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2150-6779 • E-ISSN: 2150-6787 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ares.2015.060102 |
| OpenAlex | W2297976243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
The Anthropocene refers to the planetary scale of anthropogenic influences on the composition and function of Earth ecosystems and life forms. Socio-political and geographic responses frame the uneven topographies of climate change, while efforts to adapt and mitigate its impact extend across social and natural sciences. This review of anthropology's evolving engagement with the Anthropocene contemplates multifarious approaches to research. The emergence of multispecies ethnographic research highlights entanglements of humans with other life forms. New ontological considerations are reflected in Kohn's “Anthropology of Life,” ethnographic research that moves beyond an isolated focus on the human to consider other life processes and entities as research participants. Examples of critical engagement discussed include anthropology beyond disciplinary borders, queries writing in the Anthropocene, and anthropology of climate change. We demonstrate the diverse positions of anthropologists within this juncture in relation to our central trope of entanglements threaded through our discussion in this review
Anthropocene · Biology · Climate change · Discipline · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Everyday life · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Philosophy · Ecology
Reviving Philosophical Anthropology for the Age of Extinction
Antropología y cambio climático
Anthropocene
Discursos y controversias medioambientales en las huellas del ganado trashumante
Daimons in and of the Anthropocene
Furry, Feral, Foe
Digitally situated knowledge
Homiletical-liturgical Perspectives on Life in the Anthropocene
From Climate Crisis to Climate Action
Where is the Asia Pacific in mainstream international relations scholarship on the Anthropocene
Towards Communities of Practice in Global Sustainability
[Un]becoming a Resource
The Anthropocene Divide
Asymmetric flows, critical zones, and zero-carbon citizens
Anthropological Archaeology in 2015
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |