Enfleshed: Ecologies of Entities and Beings

by Kristiina Koskentola, Zoénie Deng (Editor)

A wide-ranging collection of works from Eurasian artists and thinkers exploring multispecies ecologies Evolving from multifaceted, polyvocal, long-term research and a series of exhibitions curated by Finnish-born artist Kristiina Koskentola (born 1967), who is also the coeditor of this book, Ecologies of Entities and Beings brings together 17 practitioners, thinkers and artists from across Eurasia to collectively explore multispecies ecologies. The book reflects "anthro de centric" and embodied approaches to collaboration and knowledge production―processes that are always interwoven with a multitude of entities and actors.
The contributors engage in an exploration of experimental epistemic alliances, which operate as a way to learn and make new dialogic relations. The conflicts generated by ecological disaster, war, the global economy, identity politics and the power structures of knowledge production and science here intertwine with shamanisms, rituals, magic, speculation, politics and poetics. How do we imagine an active and implicated role of the human as one being among other beings? What might this entail, and what might this generate?

Genres: Nonfiction, Design, Nature, Art, Ecology

169 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2023

Reviews

[August Reno · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing book that gracefully moves between essays, deep and profound philosophy is presented in nuanced but approachable ways. extremely aesthetically beautiful too. I love the ways in which art, spiritual studies and academia are merged into one subject as components of each other. one of my favorites!

[Monica Liu]

3.7

[Patri_Iridium · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesante!! foi unha boa lectura no aeroporto de barcelona

o deseño do libro está moi guay, ten fotos, poemas, debuxos...hai unha foto dun señor que quería facer un exorcismo a Putin

the engine of capitalism is war; bombs are the teeth of the machine

[izzy scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

i liked it i justdidnt love it but i dont know why .. really its a 3.5

[Rachel Mellon · Rating 4 out of 5]

The design was absolutely gorgeous, but as someone unfamiliar with philosophy it required quite some attention to grasp the new terms and concepts in some of the essays. Not an "easy" read but an interesting one!