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Narrating the Multispecies World
Stories in Times of Crises, Loss, and Hope
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Edited by:
Michaela Fenske
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In collaboration with:
Pearl-Sue Carper
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
In present times, we are increasingly witnessing a loss of life, especially among animals and plants. Some species are becoming extinct, while others struggle to adjust to new habitats. Human beings are looking for strategies to overcome the effects of climate change and mass extinction. The contributors to this volume reflect on how the current problems affect the living world. Artists and scholars from around the world share their views on the changes and challenges produced by the effects of the ecological crises in a variety of regions. While some of their stories concern loss, others offer hope by suggesting new ideas for living together in sustainable harmony within a multispecies world.
Topics
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
9 - Opening
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Narrating the Multispecies World in Times of Crises
13 - Communicating
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The Sofa as a Habitat: Daisy
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Conversations with a Spider
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Listen to the Birds
47 - Caring
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Greening Our Thumbs
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The Art of Narrating and Practicing Grassland Restoration for Tibetan Pastoralism’s Cultural Survival and Revival
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Breeding Apples: Stories of Loss and Hope in Times of Crises
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Storying Multispecies Worlds
125 - Connecting
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Of Roots Here and There
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Honorific Ecology
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Narrating With Nature
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Learning to Notice and Love in a More-than-human World
193 - Remembering
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Flowing Narratives
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Green Powerhouses in Road Construction
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The Multispecies Paradigm in Traditional (Gaelic) Folklore
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Representations of Nature in the South Indian Oral Narrative of Maṇṭēsvāmi
247 - Speculating
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From Ancestrality to Possible Futures
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Playing the Plant, and Other Stories
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Sand-writings of Woodiana Mussels
291 - Concluding
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Tracing, Expressing, and Asserting Multivocality in the Multispecies World
317 - Appendix
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About the Contributors
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
May 27, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783839470565
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
336
Illustrations:
14
Coloured Illustrations:
35
eBook ISBN:
9783839470565
Keywords for this book
Environment; Environment; Narratives; Narratives; Multispecies; Multispecies; Crises; Crises; Art; Art; Nature; Nature; Animal; Animal; Human; Human; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural Anthropology; Human-Animal Studies; Human-Animal Studies; Ecology; Ecology; Cultural Studies; Cultural Studies
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
Creative Commons
BY-SA 4.0
