Journal article
Island ceremony and submerged worlds
Dialogues in human geography, v 11(3), pp 424-428
01 Nov 2021
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Abstract
David Chandler and Jonathan Pugh's ((2021) Anthropocene islands: there are only islands after the end of the world. Dialogues in Human Geography.) ambitious undertaking is to understand how islands have not only become emblematic sites within a wide range of Anthropocene scholarship, but also 'generative forces' at the center of Anthropocene thinking. At the core of their analysis is the idea of 'relational entanglements', which are embodied through the four organizational devices they have identified of resilience, patchworks, correlation and storiation, each being different modalities of relational thinking. In this commentary, I reflect on both the promise and limits of this Anthropocene Islands project, engaging with its generativity to also push against its boundaries. I emphasize the origins of relational thinking in Caribbean theory; question the materiality of islands as sites for Anthropocene thinking; and posit the significance of Caribbean, Pacific Islander, and Indigenous animistic and shamanistic spiritual practices for being in ceremony with geo-spiritualities that connect human beings with submerged worlds.
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- Title
- Island ceremony and submerged worlds
- Creators
- Mimi Sheller - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Dialogues in human geography, v 11(3), pp 424-428
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000650026600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85105921918
- Other Identifier
- 991019167926204721
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