Stubborn Stuff: Translating Rubbish
David-Christopher Assmann explores how rubbish is translated into (literary) text, arguing that discarded materials are difficult to translate, resisting discursive orders and practices.
David-Christopher Assmann explores how rubbish is translated into (literary) text, arguing that discarded materials are difficult to translate, resisting discursive orders and practices.
Combinando ricerca storica e lavoro di campo, Noemi Quagliati documenta la distruzione e il recupero dei paesaggi del fronte occidentale della Grande Guerra.
David-Christopher Assmann scrive un testo narrativo per raccontare la sua ricerca che verte su come la narrativa e la poesia abbiamo esplorato e trattato il tema dei rifiuti. Questa meta-narrativa ci ricorda quanto i rifiuti siano difficili da trattare, anche attraverso le convenzioni letterarie.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Kristina M. Lyons is interviewed on her new book, Vital Decomposition Soil Practitioners and Life Politics.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, John Soluri and Claudia Leal are interviewed on their edited volume, A Living Past: Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Tom Philpott is interviewed on his book, Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It.
About the exhibition Toxic Relationships
This artistic contribution explores sensory engagement with contamination caused by oil-waste pits in the Ecuadorian Amazon.