Sacralizing the Environment
Ecosystems, Bodies, and Iconic Presences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17824582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zuzana Faktorová Frantová (corresponding author), Ivan Foletti (0000-0002-3080-7177), Adrien Palladino (0000-0002-8553-1067) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Pages | e108564-e108564 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Eikon / Imago (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2254-8718 • E-ISSN: 2254-8718 |
| Publisher | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5209/eiko.108564 |
| OpenAlex | W7155497512 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, "eco-anxiety" had surged to the forefront of public, political, and academic consciousness. 1 The "Fridays for Future" movement, propelled by Greta Thunberg, transformed ecological urgency into a generational rallying cry and intensified debates on the Anthropocene. 2This momentum resonated across academia, where ecocritical scholarship flourished, 3 and into policy, driving ambitious initiatives such as the European Green Deal.The global lockdowns of 2020 briefly offered a tangible glimpse into the environmental recovery these movements advocated for, when, as human activity slowed, birds, fish, and other animals returned to their habitats, allowing ecosystems to flourish and pollution levels to drop across the globe. 4 Yet, despite this evident proof, in the past five years, it seems that the urgency of climate change has been overshadowed.In mass media and political arenas today, the environmental momentum is frequently eclipsed by a cascade of other acute crises deemed more pressing: the global rise of populism and the devastating conflicts in Ukraine, Palestine, and Iran.Undeniably, these humanitarian catastrophes also inflict a profound toll on natural environments and ecosystems, an ecological cost that remains difficult to fully quantify in the fractured immediacy of the present.Unsurprisingly, the crisis of ecology -one of our times greatest and most urgent challenges -has also reverberated within art history. 5 In this frame, today's pressing questions were projected onto the past.The conception of this special issue of Eikn/Imago too was impacted by such pressing concerns.Yet it would be misleading to interpret the volume solely through the lens of ecocritical theory.The editors have indeed been engaged in exploring more broadly the intersections of visual culture, environment, and performativity. 6 In re-1
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