Vital Decomposition : Soil Practitioners and Life Politics /

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"In 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 hu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyons, Kristina M. (Kristina Marie), 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Soil degradation.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Environmental degradation.
Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Colombia > Putumayo (Department)
Environmental degradation > Colombia > Putumayo (Department)
Soil degradation > Colombia > Putumayo (Department)
Colombia > Putumayo (Department)
Putumayo (Colombia : Department) > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Life in the midst of poison
  • From aerial spaces to litter layers
  • The theater of life is also a stage of death
  • Partial alliances among minor practices warning : highly toxic experiments
  • Decomposition as life politics border crossing
  • Resonating farms and vital spaces : a person and his concepts
  • Conclusion. Which soils? Where soils? Why soils?

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