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OverviewIn Colombia, decades of social and armed conflict and the US-led war on drugs have created a seemingly untenable situation for scientists and rural communities as they attempt to care for forests and grow non-illicit crops. In Vital Decomposition Kristina M. Lyons presents an ethnography of human-soil relations. She follows state soil scientists and peasants across labs, greenhouses, forests, and farms and attends to the struggles and collaborations between farmers, agrarian movements, state officials, and scientists over the meanings of peace, productivity, rural development, and sustainability in Colombia. In particular, Lyons examines the practices and philosophies of rural farmers who value the decomposing layers of leaves, which make the soils that sustain life in the Amazon, and shows how the study and stewardship of the soil point to alternative frameworks for living and dying. In outlining the life-making processes that compose and decompose into soil, Lyons theorizes how life can thrive in the face of the violence, criminalization, and poisoning produced by militarized, growth-oriented development. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kristina M. LyonsPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781478007692ISBN 10: 1478007699 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 17 April 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Life in the Midst of Poison 1 1. From Aerial Spaces to Litter Layers 10 2. The Theater of Life Is Also a Stage of Death: Beyond Surface Chauvinism 41 3. Partial Alliances among Minor Practices: The ""Ellusive"" Nature of Colombia's Amazonian Plains 70 4. Decomposition as Life Politics: On Reclaiming and Relaying 105 5. Resonating Farms and Vital Spaces: A Person and His Concepts 137 6. Which Soils? Where Soils? Why Soils? 169 Notes 183 References 197 Index 213"ReviewsMaking several important interventions in biopolitics, multispecies ethnography, and feminist science studies, Vital Decomposition is a riveting, engaging, timely, and intimate book. It is the best kind of ethnography; it takes us to the small, marginal, and forgotten and examines the world through them, making us feel as though we've been looking at everything the wrong way for a while. -- Kregg Hetherington, author of * The Government of Beans: Regulating Life in the Age of Monocrops * Vital Decomposition weaves enthralling ecopoetic writing with the finest ethnographic storytelling. Kristina M. Lyons tells us a compelling story of human-soil relations nurturing insurgent life from the very grounds of eco-social devastation. An indispensable and inspiring read for hopeful decolonial naturecultures. -- Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, author of * Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More Than Human Worlds * Author InformationKristina M. Lyons is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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