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Acting with the World: Agency in the Anthropocene
By
Andrew Pickering
Andrew Pickering
Andrew Pickering is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Philosophy at Exeter University and author of
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-6049-9
Publication date:
2025
Book Chapter
Erosion: Poiesis
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Published:February 2025
This short chapter discusses a traditional approach to erosion control in forests as a blueprint for poiesis, which is elaborated in the following chapters. The poetic stance appears here as deliberately staging dances of agency, and the absence of science and calculation is noted. This sort of erosion control is centered on performance and agency rather than cognition; it is “doing without science.”
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