Nurturing Alternative Futures by Muhammad Kavesh, Natasha Fijn - 9781032573588

Nurturing Alternative FuturesLiving with Diversity in a More-than-Human World\nAuthor(s): Muhammad Kavesh, Natasha Fijn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032573588, 978-1032573588\nSynopsis\nDeveloping upon emerging environmental humanities and multispecies anthropological theories, this book provides a fresh perspective on how we might rethink more-than-human relationality and why it is important to \""nurture alternative futures\"". The diverse chapters examine the life trajectories of people, animals, plants, and microbes, their lived experiences and constituted relationality, offering new ways to reinterpret and reimagine a multi-species future in the current era of planetary crisis. The ethnographic case studies from around the world feature a combination of biological and cultural diversity with analyses that prioritize local and Indigenous modes of thinking. While engaging with Mongolian herders, Indigenous .