Ecologies of Comparison - An Ethnography of Endangerment in Hong Kong

Informationen zum Autor Tim Choy Klappentext Tim Choy is Associate Professor in the Science and Technology Studies Program and the Department of Anthropology at the University of California! Davis. Zusammenfassung A rich ethnography of ecopolitics in Hong Kong in the late 1990s Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Note on Transliteration xi 1. Problems of a Political Nature 1 Passions 19 2. Endangerment 23 Slow 51 3. Specific Life 53 Chess 73 4. Articulated Knowledges 76 Hair 106 5. Earthly Vocations 109 Hiking 137 6. Air's Substantiations 139 Notes 169 Bibliography 185 Index 199

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• Authors: Tim Choy, Timothy Choy, Timothy K Choy, Timothy K. Choy
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2011
• EAN: 9780822349525
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4952-5
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Experimental Futures: Technolo; Experimental Futures; Experimental Futures: Technolo
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Umweltschutz, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social