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ŚWIAT POST-NATURALNY? TEORETYCZNE, EMPIRYCZNE I ARTYSTYCZNE REWIZJE
THE POST-NATURAL WORLD? THEORETICAL, EMPIRICAL, AND ARTISTIC SEARCH

Author(s): Ewa Rewers
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Environmental interactions, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: post-natural world; wilderness; urban ecology; environmental art; wild-urban interface;

Summary/Abstract: This article explores approaches to wilderness in contemporary urban spaces and the demarcations drawn through the concepts of nature vs culture, politics vs art, science vs narratives, city vs wild life in urban studies, philosophy and environmental art. The argument about the new forms of wild life, such as charismatic animals and weeds in cites, impacts the way in which we think about the encounters between posthuman philosophy, urban ecology and art. The paper seeks to pose the questions of post-natural world anew, in ways that allow for a resolution of the tension between contrary concept of wilderness and urban practices. It argues that all forms of life (human and wild) are connected, reassembled and exposed both materially and discursive in urban socio-ecological systems. This interconnectedness penetrates all dimensions and scales of urban life and is transfer- able from urban ecology to environmental art, from philosophy to politics, from popular culture to urban environment.

  • Issue Year: 58/2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 421-440
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish