Field Guide to the Patchy Anthropocene: The New Nature

Nature has gone feral. How shall we re-attune ourselves to the new nature? A field guide can help. Field guides teach us how to notice, identify, name, and so better appreciate more-than-human worlds. They hone our powers of observation and teach us to see the world anew. Field Guide to the Patchy Anthropocene leads readers through a series of sites, observations, thought experiments, and genre-stretching descriptive practices to take stock of our current planetary crisis. Foregrounding nonhumans as world-changing historical actors, this book looks to nurture a revitalized natural history to address the profound challenges of our times. The Anthropocene is not only planetary, but it takes form, and gains momentum, within social and ecological patches. Field-based observations and place-based knowledge-cultivation--getting up-close and personal with patchy dynamics--are vital if we are to truly grapple with the ecological challenges and the historical conjunctures that are bringing us