Deze reeks duikt in de verankering van menselijk leven en cultuur binnen de dynamische systemen van de planeet. Het heronderzoekt de geschiedenis van onze soort door de lens van de escalerende klimaatverandering en de voortdurende massa-extinctie. De collectie promoot een hybride, participatieve benadering van onderzoek en debat, die kritische en creatieve disciplines met elkaar verbindt. Het is essentiële lectuur om onze plaats in een veranderende wereld te begrijpen.
This Element provides a novel framework for understanding the nature of violence against animals. The author argues that the search for human uniqueness (an 'anthropological difference') is at the heart of this violence and should be replaced by a way of life based on the notion of human and animals being indistinct.
Petroglyphic rock art in three valleys of Mongolia's Altai Mountains reveals the anatomy of deep time at the boundary between Central and North Asia. Inscribed over a period of twelve millennia, its subject matter, styles, and manner of execution reflect the constraints of changing geology, climate, and vegetation. These valleys were created and shaped by ancient glaciers. Analysis of their physical environment, projected from the deep past to the present, begins to explain the rhythm of cultural where rock art appears, when it disappears, and why. The material and this remote arena offer an ideal laboratory to study the intersection of prehistoric culture and paleoenvironment.