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Yolanda Ariadne Collins
Weathering Weather
Atmospheric Geographies of the Guiana Shield
This chapter argues that paying attention to the weather and its associated processes of geological, biological, and social weathering can destabilize knowledge traditions that insist on dichotomies. Looking to specific histories and current conditions in Guyana and Suriname, this chapter shows how notions of weathering can accommodate a wide range of referents, ranging from the weathering of rock to socio-political and historical afterlives of violent colonial displacements.
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Weathering Weather
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| Subtitle |
Atmospheric Geographies of the Guiana Shield
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| Author(s) |
Yolanda Ariadne Collins
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| Description |
This chapter argues that paying attention to the weather and its associated processes of geological, biological, and social weathering can destabilize knowledge traditions that insist on dichotomies. Looking to specific histories and current conditions in Guyana and Suriname, this chapter shows how notions of weathering can accommodate a wide range of referents, ranging from the weathering of rock to socio-political and historical afterlives of violent colonial displacements.
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| Place |
Berlin
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| Publisher |
ICI Berlin Press
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| Date |
2020
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| Subject |
Atmosphere
Geography
Climate Change
Guiana Shield
Forests
Weathering
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| Rights |
© by the author
Except for images or otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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| Harvested |
yes
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| Language |
en-GB
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| short title |
Weathering Weather
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| page start |
181
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| page end |
205
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| Source |
Weathering: Ecologies of Exposure, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Arnd Wedemeyer, Cultural Inquiry, 17 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2020), pp. 181–205
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