On the Possibilities of a Charming Anthropocene

H. Buck
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The Anthropocene—the geological epoch in which human activities are signaled in Earth's geological records—often appears as an age to be met with grim resignation. Anxiety-driven narratives about this era can translate into very material landscapes of surveillance, tightened borders, farmland acquisitions, and so on, landscapes where speculation shapes lived realities. This article proposes that instead of joining the chorus of dark predictions, or rejecting the flawed concept altogether, geographers are well positioned to experiment with articulating a different Anthropocene. Fragments of a beautiful Anthropocene are already under design: agroecology, green roofs and buildings, distributed renewable energy systems. Yet to weave together a vision compelling enough to provoke cultural and political change, other elements are necessary: a reawakened sense of wonder, an ethic of care, and aesthetic and cultural production around these. This article proposes enchantment as a concept to evoke these elements and discusses the merits and dangers of imagining an enchanted Anthropocene. It looks at emergent alternative framings for thinking about a human-shaped earth and examples of related practices—rewilding, biophilic cities, planetary gardening, smart landscapes—which could make for a more habitable and welcoming epoch.
论迷人人类世的可能性
人类世——地球地质记录中显示人类活动的地质时代——常常被视为一个无可奈何的时代。关于这个时代的焦虑驱动的叙述可以转化为非常物质的景观,监视,收紧边界,农田收购等等,在这种景观中,投机塑造了生活现实。这篇文章提出,地理学家不是加入黑暗预言的大合唱,或者完全拒绝有缺陷的概念,而是有能力尝试阐明一个不同的人类世。一个美丽的人类世的片段已经在设计中:农业生态学,绿色屋顶和建筑,分布式可再生能源系统。然而,要编织出一个足以引发文化和政治变革的令人信服的愿景,其他因素是必要的:一种重新觉醒的惊奇感,一种关怀的伦理,以及围绕这些的美学和文化生产。这篇文章提出了魔法作为一个概念来唤起这些元素,并讨论了想象一个魔法人类世的优点和危险。它着眼于新兴的替代框架,以思考人类形状的地球和相关实践的例子-重新野生化,亲生物城市,行星园艺,智能景观-这些可以创造一个更适合居住和欢迎的时代。
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