| Title: |
Grasping Soil |
| Authors: |
Browne, Cynthia; Bize, Amiel; Halevy, Dotan; Ibrahim, Basil; Jones, Brian; Kurek, Paul; Lehmann, Johannes; Novick, Tamar; Porter, Jayson; Stoll, Steven; Tessua, Lulu; Denizen, Seth |
| Contributors: |
Brownell, Emily |
| Publisher Information: |
Winwick, Cambs.: The White Horse Press, 2026. |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
Books; Imported or submitted locally |
| Original Material: |
c2fc20c8-9286-446f-8610-d8910244672b |
| Subject Terms: |
Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Environmental management; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology::RNCB Biodiversity; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest::WNW The Earth: natural history: general interest |
| Description: |
Soil is a nearly ubiquitous presence in our lives, regardless of whether we spend much time noticing it. Soil holds worlds within itself and also builds other worlds; it devours and remakes things; it sustains life and gives cover to the dead. Grasping Soil is a collectively-authored syllabus and series of essays, all examining, with different inflections, the fundamental question: what comes into view when we ‘grasp’ soil as a vessel of human history and point of view for inquiry? Part I is an interdisciplinary syllabus that traces the contours of a growing body of work in the humanities that uses soil as a bridge between human and more-than-human histories. The syllabus offers a template of readings, discussion questions and assignments with an accompanying website for easy access to the supporting materials. The essays that follow in Part 2 explore particular moments and locations in which communities have modified, depleted or remade soil to suit a particular need. In examining these engagements with soil, each essay provides a particular view on the social, political or economic conditions that they reflect and create. The essays range from mountain top mining in Appalachia to the construction of a load-bearing monolith in Nazi-era Berlin, and the layered, residual histories of agricultural projects in Tanzania. As these essays make clear, soil is a lively presence not an inert recipient of human desires and actions. It is a living and not always governable community with ever-changing stories to tell. |
| Document Type: |
book |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISBN: |
978-1-917813-03-7; 978-1-917813-02-0; 978-1-917813-09-9; 1-917813-03-1; 1-917813-02-3; 1-917813-09-0 |
| DOI: |
10.63308/63897247289532.book |
| Access URL: |
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112587 |
| Rights: |
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International; URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Notes: |
ONIX_20260415T184307_9781917813037_8; ; https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112587; ; https://www.whpress.co.uk/publications/2025/11/05/graspingsoil/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsoap.20.500.12657.112587 |
| Database: |
OAPEN Library |