Transpositional Geologies, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Typically, when you enter an institutional mineralogical collection, you find rows of glass cabinets organized by classification systems based on their material properties. Yet each mineral carries within it a history of extraction, destruction, (dis)possession, and global connections.
Transpositional Geologies interprets such collections as indices of the afterlife of colonialism and proposes an evolving political geology that views mineral specimens as "cultural" objects rather than "natural" specimens. Incorporating his five-year artistic engagement and culturalcollaboration in Namibia and Germany, Sascha Mikloweit brings togetherinternational voices from the fields of anthropology, critical theory, geology, history, museum studies, philosophy, poetry, public administration and more, combining them with the perspectives of boltwoodite, cerussite, or smithsonite.
Rock by rock, this exquisitely designed volume invites us to engage witha progressively nuanced reading of the history of geology: its epistemicviolence, omissions, and racist regimes, as well as how the lasting residues of a colonial legacy continue to shape the reality of present-day extraction.