The World of Matter is an “international art and media project [whose collective works critique] the global ecologies of resource exploitation and circulation.”[ref]See www.worldofmatter.net[/ref] WoM artists take to task such instances of exploitation as Monsanto’s “white gold revolution” — … Continue reading “Representing India’s “Suicide Economy””
Responding to our “Postcolonial Ecologies” panel at September’s “Radical Materialisms” conference held at CUNY Graduate Center, World of Matter author Peter Mörtenböck identified two distinct, but interconnected questions animating our discussion. First: How do we align politically, theoretically, and … Continue reading “Provincializing Humanism: Reflections on World of Matter”
Rob Nixon’s Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor was published this spring by Harvard University Press. Nixon’s work has been crucial to articulating the conjunction — as well as the fault lines — between postcolonial studies and ecocriticism. … Continue reading “Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor: An Interview with Rob Nixon”
