Creating Worlds Otherwise

Paula Serafini

Description

Honorable Mention, Best Book in Latin American Visual Culture Studies, Latin American Studies Association–Visual Culture Studies Section, 2023

Extractivism has increasingly become the ground on which activists and scholars in Latin America frame the dynamics of ecological devastation, accumulation of wealth, and erosion of rights. These maladies are the direct consequences of long-standing extraction-oriented economies, and more recently from the expansion of the extractive frontier and the implementation of new technologies in the extraction of fossil fuels, mining, and agriculture. But the fields of sociology, political ecology, anthropology, and geography have largely ignored the role of art and cultural practices in studies of extractivism and post-extractivism.

The field of art theory, on the other hand, has offered a number of texts that put forward insightful analyses of artwork addressing extraction, environmental devastation, and the climate crisis. However, an art theory perspective that does not engage firsthand and in depth with collective action remains limited and fails to provide an account of the role, processes, and politics of art in anti- and post-extractivist movements.

Creating Worlds Otherwise examines the narratives that subaltern groups generate around extractivism, and how they develop, communicate, and mobilize these narratives through art and cultural practices. It reports on a six-year project on creative resistance to extractivism in Argentina and builds on long-term engagement working on environmental justice projects and campaigns in Argentina and the UK.

It is an innovative contribution to the fields of Latin American studies, political ecology, cultural studies, and art theory, and addresses pressing questions regarding what post-extractivist worlds might look like as well as how such visions are put into practice.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Territories in Conflict: Art and Territorialization
Chapter 2: Our Bodies, Our Territories: Ecofeminism and the Ethics of Care
Chapter 3: Human Rights and the Rights of Nature: Generating Public Narratives
Chapter 4: Reclaiming the City: Urban Extractivism and Contested Cultures
Chapter 5: Our Place in the World: Autonomy, Sovereignty, and Narratives of Self-Determination
Chapter 6: Worlds in the Making: Postextractivism and Ontological Design
Conclusion: Art and (Post)Extractivism
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• Arts visuels
• Histoire des Arts
• Histoire des Arts
• Natural Resource Extraction
• Industries
• Sciences et techniques
• Argentina
• Mapuche
• Latin America
• Economics
• Business
• Art
• Mapuches
• Argentine

Informations

• Publié par: Vanderbilt University Press
• Date de parution: 01 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780826504586
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Creating Worlds Otherwise Art , Collective Action, and ( Post ) Extractivism

Paula Serafini

Creating Worlds Otherwise

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Creating Worlds Otherwise Art, Collective Action, and (Post)Extractivism

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VàNdeRbîlT UNîveRSîTY PReSS Nashville, Tennessee

Copyright 2022 Paula Serafini All rights reserved First printing 2022

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Serafini, Paula, author. Title: Creating worlds otherwise : art, collective action and (post)extractivism / Paula Serafini. Description: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2022] |  Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021056677 (print) | LCCN 2021056678 (ebook) | ISBN  9780826504555 (paperback) | ISBN 9780826504562 (hardcover) | ISBN  9780826504579 (epub) | ISBN 9780826504586 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Art and social action--Argentina. | Arts--Political  aspects--Argentina. | Environmental degradation in art. | Agricultural  industries--Social aspects--Argentina. | Mineral industries--Social  aspects--Argentina. | Natural resources--Management--Social  aspects--Argentina. Classification: LCC NX180.S6 S48 2022 (print) | LCC NX180.S6 (ebook) |  DDC 701/.030982--dc23/eng/20220331 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056677 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056678

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