perception

vor dem Hintergrund des Klimawandels und den theoretischen Prämissen des Anthropozäns

Erst als endlich die ersten Mauersegler und Mehlschwalben am Himmel auftauchen

Montgomery chronicles this growing appreciation of the octopus

which considers in parallel the histories of scientific publications and personal letters sent by European naturalists from the tropics in order to discern a schizophrenic dilemma at the core of the colonial-scientific project

Friction - An Ethnography of Global Connection Zen perceptionA wheel turns because of its encounter with the surface of the road; spinning in the air it goes nowhere. Rubbing two sticks together produces heat and light; one stick alone is just a stick. In both cases, it is friction that produces movement, action, effect. Challenging the widespread view that globalization invariably signifies a "clash" of cultures, anthropologist Anna Tsing here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the diverse and