Aerial Imagination in Cuba - Stories From Above the Rooftops

Aerial Imagination in Cuba is a visual, ethnographic, sensorial, and poetic engagement with how Cubans imagine the sky as a medium that allows things to circulate. What do wi-fi antennas, cactuses, pigeons, lottery, and congas have in common? This book offers a series of illustrated ethno-fictional stories to explore various practices and beliefs that have seemingly nothing in common. But if you look at the sky, there is more than meets the eye. By discussing the natural, religious, and human-made visible and invisible aerial infrastructures-or systems of circulation-through short illustrated vignettes, Aerial Imagination in Cuba offers a highly creative way to explore the aerial space in Santiago de Cuba today.

List of contents

Introduction

1. Wi-Fi

2. Cactus

3. Pigeon

4. Lottery

5. Conga

Conclusion

About the author

Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Victoria.

Summary

Aerial Imagination in Cuba is a visual, ethnographic, sensorial, and poetic engagement with how Cubans imagine the sky as a medium that allows things to circulate. Through short illustrated vignettes, this book offers a highly creative way to explore the aerial space in Santiago de Cuba today.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
• Assisted by: José Manuel Fernández Lavado (Illustration)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780367787899
• ISBN: 978-0-367-78789-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Routledge Focus on Anthropology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Caribbean islands, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General