Field Explorations: Design and Arts-based Practices Towards Viable Agricultures
Alastair Fuad-Luke
Agents of Alternatives
English
Softcover
First Edition
288 pages
240 x 170 mm
2022
ISBN 9783949413018018
This anthology originates from a research project What Could A Farm Be? initiated by the editor, Alastair Fuad-Luke, supported by the Faculty of Design and Art at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, in the province of South Tyrol/Süd Tirol/Alto Adige in the north-east of Italy. Outputs from the project which coordinated with local small farmers, were diverse, including: experimental products utilising waste sheep´s wool and dyes from local plants; many workshops exploring possibilities for new forms of orientation and production; and, a network of academics, practitioners, farmers and other rural professionals called muu-baa.
Field Explorations includes practices from South Tyrol but widens the scope to European and North American designers and artists who engage with alternative agri-cultural practices that challenge the hegemonic practices of global agribusiness. The anthology is organised in four sections: Farming Practices, Alter-Native Practices, Explorative Practices (Selected Case Studies); and Practices of New Entanglements. A summary of these practices is given by the editor under the title of ´Practicing Anticipatory Assemblages for Near-Future Farming´.
Contributors: Koen Vanmechelen, Erica Boito, Elisabetta Rattalino, Cynthia Hathaway, Kris Krois, Amy Franceschini of Futurefarmers, Fernando Garcia Dory of Inland, Sophie Krier, Roberto Gigliotti of Lungomare, Lisa Mazza and Simone Mair of Bau, Roberta Raffaeta, Alexandra Fruhstorfer, Center for Genomic Gastronomy (Zack Denfeld, Catherine Kramer and Emma Conley) and Elisabeth Tauber.
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About the Editor
Alastair Fuad-Luke is an international sustainable design facilitator, consultant, educator, writer and activist. He believes that design thinking and process is critical in the shift towards more sustainable ways of living and working, and vigorously promotes the eco-design approach. He is the author of several books on eco-design, eco-travel and design activism, including The Eco-Travel Handbook, also published by Thames & Hudson.
(source: https://thamesandhudson.com/authors/alastair-fuad-luke-17093)
About the Publisher
Agents of Alternatives (AoA) is a translocal research collective whose mission is to promote and support practices aimed at positive societal change amongst citizens, neighbourhoods and communities. Through their work, they aim to connect practitioners and researchers, other professionals and citizens with project initiators, grassroots actors, activators and activists. They believe that horizontal and vertical connectivity between niche micro-level agents and those working in the meso- and macro-levels is vital to drive forward social change and to question dominant societal regimes.
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