Anthropocene Antarctica : perspectives from the humanities, law and social sciences /
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2020.
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| Series: | Routledge environmental humanities.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Foreword; 1. Anthropocene Antarctica: Approaches, issues and debates; Antarctica in the Anthropo-scene; Antarctica and the HLSS disciplines; *; Notes; References; PART 1: Governance and geopolitics; 2. Governing Antarctica in the Anthropocene; Introduction; What is the Anthropocene?; What does the Anthropocene mean for the way we see Antarctica?; What does the Anthropocene mean for understanding Antarctica as a managed place?
- What might an Antarctic Treaty System best suited for the Anthropocene look like?Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 3. Subglacial nationalisms; Introduction; Antarctic nationalisms; Ice core drill sites; Ice cores and nationalism in the 'Australian Antarctic Territory'; Conclusion: reflections on the contemporary Antarctic; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; 4. Frozen Eden lost? Exploring discourses of geoengineering Antarctica; Antarctica, climate change and geoengineering discourse; The enhanced reflectivity discourse; The enhanced carbon sequestration discourse
- The glacial stabilisation discourseGeoengineering discourse and Antarctic governance; Conclusion; Note; References; 5. The Anthropocene melt: Antarctica's geologic politics; Introduction; Geologic politics in Antarctica; The melting of the cryosphere: ice as the 'stuff of time'; Conclusions: an ethics of 'response-ability' for Antarctica in the Anthropocene; References; PART 2: Cultural texts and representations; 6. Ice and the ecothriller: Popular representations of Antarctica in the Anthropocene; The rise of the Antarctic (eco)thriller; Global plot, local action
- Ice as nonhuman actor in the ecothrillerDeadlines, countdowns and the future of Antarctica; Notes; References; 7. Listening 'at the sea ice edge': Compositions based on soundscape recordings made in Antarctica; Introduction; Douglas Quin; Philip Samartzis; Conclusions; Notes; References; 8. Save the penguins: Antarctic advertising and the PR of protection; Mobilising multiple framings of Antarctica; Frozen imagery and 'ice-wash'; Saving ice: Antarctica and the rhetoric of protection; How to change to a globe: Westpac and the Equator Principles; Melting ice: double takes and double meanings
- Final reflections on a fragile continentNotes; References; PART 3: Inhabitations and place; 9. Indigenising the heroic era of Antarctic exploration; Traditional knowledge and Antarctic exploration; Indigenous technologies; Indigenous inhabitants?; An absent presence; Conclusions; Notes; References; 10. Populating Antarctica: Chilean families in the frozen continent; Commercial exploitation of Antarctica?; The project becomes reality; Antarctic families, Antarctic babies; Living on the icy continent; Unexpected friendships; Conclusions; Notes; References