Territories Of Life

Name: Territories Of Life
Brand: University of Alberta Press

University of Alberta Press

Territories of LifeEquivocations, Entanglements, and Endurances\nAuthor(s): Mario Blaser, Sylvie Poirier, Penelope Anthias\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Alberta Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Alberta Press\nISBN-13: 9781772128253, 978-1772128253\nSynopsis\nTerritories of Life highlights the multiplicity and heterogeneity of worlds and collectives, some labelled Indigenous, as they struggle to sustain their territories of life. Territories of life is the phrase used in this volume to speak about the shapes that these collectives or worlds adopt in the present as they endure the heavy shadow of modernization and coloniality. This label also highlights that the agencies that animate these struggles are never just human but also include entire more-than-human collectives. To portray the complexity of the relations between these collectives and the modernization front, the volume is organized around three keywords: equivocation, entanglement, and endurance. Each of t.