The ecological crisis confronts all of us today, wherever we live on this planet. And no single discipline possesses the sovereign expertise to address it. Recognising this, Practices of Hope: A Reader for the Future brings together a constellation of some of the finest minds who have engaged with the challenges this crisis poses, both at a local as well as a global scale. The contributors to this international and interdisciplinary anthology belong to diverse fields, including environmental activism, literature, public health, anthropology, science journalism, architecture, and the visual arts.
Photo book
Self-published, 2023
ISBN Number : 978-93-5980-372-2
112 pages with insert pages additional
Limited edition of 500
Artwork by Ravi Agarwal and Janet Laurence
Poetry by David G. Brooks
The texts, ideas, instructions, and art projects gathered in this book reflect on our relationship with the earth and the lessons we can derive from it. The contributions not only urge us to respond to the pressing issue of climate emergency, but also remind of certain neglected or unlearned ways in which we can engage in dialogue with the earth. What they have in common is the question of how we can shape a more ecological and just future.
‘Waste Work’ documents a long-term project about waste, work and survival in the city of Mumbai which uses arts-based methods to establish an experimental learning space and innovation lab in Dharavi.
Contribution to “Climate, Habitat, Environments” – Ute Meta Bauer (ed), NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore, and The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England, 2022.
Short summary: Artists and writers go beyond disciplinary boundaries and linear histories to address the fight for environmental justice, uniting the Asia-Pacific vantage point with international discourse.
