{"product_id":"ecologies-in-practice-environmentally-engaged-arts-in-canada-paperback","title":"Ecologies in Practice: Environmentally Engaged Arts in Canada - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElysia French\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAmanda White\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is the responsibility, or the task of the arts as we face environmental crisis? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcologies in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e is an edited collection of dynamic and multi-formatted contributions that explore the ways in which cultural production informs perceptions, communications, and knowledge of environmental distress in a Canadian context, pointing to the significance of the arts in the creation and sharing of crucial counter narratives and alternative possibilities. \u003ci\u003eEcologies in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e identifies the arts as an important mode of inquiry for reimagining, and for public engagement and understanding of pressing environmental and social concerns, while acknowledging the ways in which it contributes important work to the growing interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together artistic perspectives from a range of lenses and voices, including artists, writers, scholars, activists, curators, theorists, and makers, \u003ci\u003eEcologies in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e offers important tools for artists, scholars, students, and research-creators invested in arts and the environment. Contributors present artistic methods as alternative sites of understanding that contribute significant and affective work to environmental scholarship, while thinking outside of the disciplinary borders and confines of the artworld. \u003ci\u003eEcologies in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e aims to initiate vital conversations among practitioners, and together with readers, consider what environmentally engaged arts lend differently to these conversations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElysia French is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at Brock University. French is trained as an art historian and studies contemporary art and the environment, with an interest in the visual culture of oil, climate change, and multispecies relationships.\u003cbr\u003eAmanda White (she\/her) is a white settler artist\/scholar currently living and working in Tkaronto\/Toronto. She is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Curating in the Department of Visual Art at Western University. Her current work and research is focused on plants, food, and environmental justice. amandawhite.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752532640032,"sku":"9781771126120","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5f0982eeb27aa064591d527dc9144ff8.webp?v=1779998253","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ecologies-in-practice-environmentally-engaged-arts-in-canada-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}