Speaking Stones, John Muir, and a Slower (Non)humanities
| Author(s) | Duckert, Lowell | |
| Date Accessioned | 2023-06-06T19:15:32Z | |
| Date Available | 2023-06-06T19:15:32Z | |
| Publication Date | 2012-05-07 | |
| Description | This book chapter was originally published in Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects. The full e-book is available from the publisher at https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0006.1.00 | |
| Abstract | By the time you arrive at this point in the collection, you will have realized that the essays herein demand a slow reading. Perfect: the practice of tracing connections between actors, slowly, as Bruno Latour’s ant (or ANT, short for Actor Network Theory) would tell us, is the way to go. According to Latour’s self-defined “slowciology,” we are to follow the actors themselves—examining the relationships they assemble, interrupt, or disturb. Latour’s process is “agonizingly slow” by necessity.² Yet in writing my response, I find myself running down a fast lane. The time when these authors first presented their work... | |
| Citation | Duckert, L. "Speaking Stones, John Muir, and a Slower (Non)humanities." In Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects, edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, 273–280. Oliphaunt Books, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0006.1.00 | |
| ISSN | 9780615625355 | |
| URL | https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/32828 | |
| Language | en_US | |
| Publisher | Oliphaunt Books | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 | |
| Title | Speaking Stones, John Muir, and a Slower (Non)humanities | |
| Type | Book chapter |
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