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Wastelands? - by Birgit Althans & Mirjam Lewandowsky & Fiona Schrading & Janna R Wieland (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • How do we follow affects in places?
  • About the Author: Birgit Althans, Mirjam Lewandowsky, Fiona Schrading, Janna R. Wieland, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
  • 336 Pages
  • Art, Art & Politics

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How do we follow affects in places? And how do they follow us? How can rural places be described as "affective places"? Considering local and global transformations and crises, this book examines the "how" of culture in rural areas. It delves into everyday stories and natural-cultural landscapes in three rural regions of Germany. On the basis of concrete places and institutions, traces and practices of cultural education are also followed; it becomes obvious that rural regions are not "Wastelands". They offer a wealth of "affective places" to be experienced and lived out. This "ethnographic collage" brings together vignettes, photo essays and reflections at the interface of affect theory, sensory ethnography, artistic research and feminist new materialism. Digitally available audios and videos add to the picture.



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"Dieses Buch ist lebendig. [... Es] schafft eine intime Verbindung zwischen den Autorinnen und den Leser*innen. Eine Reihe von Vignetten nimmt die Leser*innen mit auf eine Reise, die zwischen drei Regionen hin und her schwingt. Indem Geschichten in Elementen der Landschaft verortet werden - in Strand, Watt, Waldboden, Himmel, Wolken und Wasser -, fühlen und sehen wir Leben aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. Jeder Ort entfaltet sich in vielfältigen kaleidoskopischen Dimensionen, in denen Farbe, Größenordnungen und Materialität mehr Gewicht haben als die kartografische Verortung. Es gibt nicht das eine Friesland, das eine Oderbruch oder das eine Hohenlockstedt. Jede Vignette folgt ihrem eigenen Rhythmus, ihrer eigenen Sprache. [...] In diesem Buch sind Landschaften vor allem anderen immer affektive Landschaften; sie sprechen zu uns auf lyrische Weise."
"This book is alive. [... It] creates an intimate bond between the authors and the reader. A sequence of vignettes takes the reader on a series of journeys that hop between the three regions. By anchoring stories in elements of landscape such as beach, mudflats, forest floor, sky, clouds and water, we feel and see life from different perspectives. Each place comes into view in multiple kaleidoscopic dimensionalities in which colour, scale and materiality take precedence over cartographic location. Accordingly, there is no one Friesland, one Oderbruch and/or one Hohenlockstedt. Each vignette has its own tempo and style. [...] In this book, landscapes are first and foremost affective landscapes; they speak to us lyrically."
Gabrielle Ivinson, Manchester Metropolitan University




About the Author



Birgit Althans, Mirjam Lewandowsky, Fiona Schrading, Janna R. Wieland, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Dimensions (Overall): 10.24 Inches (H) x 7.48 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Art & Politics
Genre: Art
Number of Pages: 336
Publisher: De Gruyter
Format: Paperback
Author: Birgit Althans & Mirjam Lewandowsky & Fiona Schrading & Janna R Wieland
Language: German
Street Date: June 16, 2025
TCIN: 1002615874
UPC: 9783111389844
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-5188
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1 inches length x 7.48 inches width x 10.24 inches height
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