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Over at A(S)CENE<\/a>, we are starting to read Nigel Clark’s\u00a0Inhuman Nature: Sociable Life on a Dynamic Planet<\/a>\u00a0as well as the Punctum Books open-access collection\u00a0Making the Geological Now: Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clark’s book has attracted some very intrigued — and a few rather ecstatic — reviews from geographers and social theorists, including a book review symposium in Progress in Human Geography<\/a>. \u00a0Back cover blurbers<\/a> Barry Smart, Myra Hird, and Adrian Franklin call it “magnificent” and “compelling” (Smart), a “watershed for social theory” (Hird), and “possibly one of the most important books you are ever likely to read, particularly if you have been duped into thinking \u2018nature\u2019 and \u2018planet earth\u2019 are merely benevolent forces at the mercy of an insane, disordered humanity” (Franklin).<\/p>\n

“This book does not simply \u2018take nature into account\u2019: fires, floods, volcanoes, climate change, and hurricanes take centre-stage in this thorough re-writing of the organic and inorganic.\u00a0Inhuman Nature<\/i>\u00a0asks the most important questions of our time, and is a must-read for anyone who takes nature and our future on this planet seriously.” (Hird)<\/p>\n

Alright, then. I’ve been wanting to read it closely for a while now.<\/p>\n

Making the Geologic Now<\/a> features some fascinating contributions from artists, theorists, and scientists, as well as cross-disciplinary collaborations.<\/p>\n

Anyone interested is welcome to join us.<\/p>\n

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Over at A(S)CENE, we are starting to read Nigel Clark’s\u00a0Inhuman Nature: Sociable Life on a Dynamic Planet\u00a0as well as the Punctum Books open-access collection\u00a0Making the Geological Now: Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life. Clark’s book has attracted some very intrigued — and a few rather ecstatic — reviews from geographers and social theorists, including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4IC4a-geoscene","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7208,"url":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2014\/01\/20\/anthropocene-readings\/","url_meta":{"origin":7261,"position":0},"title":"Anthropocene readings","author":"Adrian J Ivakhiv","date":"January 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 I'm thinking of making my Spring semester graduate class, \"Environment, Science, and Society in the Anthropocene,\" into a semi-public seminar series, with a blog where we will share links to readings and videos as well as discussions. 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