Agency, Power and Resistance from the Perspectives of All Beings

This response is a creative and representation of socioecological learning through a posthuman framing. In order to facilitate environmental, ethical social and political change in a rapidly changing world we look beyond humans as being exceptional and ‘saviours of the world’, and encourage an awareness of the remarkable capabilities of other inhabitants of the Earth and the Earth itself. Agency, together with discourse, power and resistance are reimagined from the perspective of all beings. While immersed in the environmental crises that surround the Anthropocene Era, this response attempts to rethink the very concepts of ‘nature’ and the boundaries of ‘human beings’. Rather than privileging ourselves as humans at the expense of all others we embrace the tangle of relationships in which we are enmeshed. We acknowledge and explore the power imbalance between humans, and between humans and all other inhabitants. This visual ethnographic interpretation is mapped out with concrete poetry, three-dimensional object photography, and narratives. This interpretation of the intricate loops and threads of its corresponding chapter endeavours to provoke thought and inspire agency and action with a diverse perspective.

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Arts-Based Thought Experiments for a Posthuman Earth: A Touchstones Companion

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