Visual Representations - Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America VI
Author: Gerardo Cham, Juan Arturo Camacho Becerra, Olaf Kaltmeier and Elissa Rashkin Series: Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America
Sixty entries with iconic images that reflect upon the multiple crisis of the Anthropocene from the colonial period to the present.
31st May 2025
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Sixty entries with iconic images that reflect upon the multiple crisis of the Anthropocene from the colonial period to the present.
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Throughout the history of the Americas, sentiments toward the environment have been problematized and aestheticized through visual representations in various formats. In this volume of the Handbook "The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis", sixty entries examine the crises of mining, energy, land use, biodiversity, water, and climate change in the major macro-regions of Latin America from the colonial period to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene, featuring iconic images from this context.
About the Author
Olaf Kaltmeier, geb. 1970, ist Professor für Iberoamerikanische Geschichte an der Universität Bielefeld und Direktor des Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) in Guadalajara mit Regionalstandorten in Buenos Aires, Quito und San Jos de Costa Rica. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind: Latein- und inter-amerikanische Geschichte, Soziale Bewegungen, Ethnizität im historischen Wandel, Umweltgeschichte sowie Macht- und Herrschaftskonstellationen im Kontext der Globalisierung.
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